CVE-2019-1682 is a vulnerability in Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller
Published on May 3, 2019
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the FUSE filesystem functionality for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate privileges to root on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation for certain command strings issued on the CLI of the affected device. An attacker with write permissions for files within a readable folder on the device could alter certain definitions in the affected file. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to cause the underlying FUSE driver to execute said crafted commands, elevating the attacker's privileges to root on an affected device.
Weakness Type
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-1682
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Affected Versions
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC):- Version unspecified and below 4.1(1i) is affected.
Exploit Probability
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