CVE-2019-1972 vulnerability in Cisco Products
Published on August 8, 2019
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability the Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) restricted CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid administrator-level credentials to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging the insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.
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-2019-1972
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Affected Versions
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software:- Version unspecified and below n/a is affected.
Exploit Probability
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