RCE in Cisco Nexus 3000 Series
CVE-2019-1610
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability. Nexus 3500 Platform Switches and Nexus 3000 Series Switches software versions prior to 7.0(3)I7(4) are affected.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Cisco Nexus 3000 Series
- Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches — versions unspecified
- Cisco Nexus 3500 Platform
- Cisco Nexus 3500 Platform Switches — versions unspecified
- Cisco Nx-Os
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107338 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306… (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-1610?
- CVE-2019-1610 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 3000 Series, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-03-11.
- How severe is CVE-2019-1610?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.