cisco enterprise-network-function-virtualization-infrastructure CVE-2019-1971 vulnerability in Cisco Products
Published on August 8, 2019

Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Command Injection Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Type

What is a Shell injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2019-1971 has been classified to as a Shell injection vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
1.40%
Percentile
80.17%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.