CVE-2019-1780 is a vulnerability in Cisco Nx Os
Published on May 16, 2019
Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Command Injection Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device with elevated privileges. 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. NX-OS versions prior to 8.3(1) are affected. NX-OS versions prior to 8.3(1) are affected.
Weakness Type
What is a Command Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2019-1780 has been classified to as a Command Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-1780
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Affected Versions
Cisco NX-OS Software:- Version unspecified and below 8.3(1) is affected.
Exploit Probability
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