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CVE-2013-5556 Details

Description

The license-installation module on the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b) and earlier for VMware vSphere, Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 5.2(1)SM1(5.1) for Microsoft Hyper-V, and Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 4.2(1)VSG1(1) for Nexus 1000V switches allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via crafted "install all iso" arguments, aka Bug ID CSCui21340.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5556	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=31774	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5556	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=31774	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
cisco nexus 1000v	4.2(1)vsg1(1) - 5.2(1)sm1(5.1) - <= 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.2b\) 4.2(1)_sv1(4) - 4.2(1)_sv1(4a) -
CPE cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)vsg1(1):-::::nexus_1000v::* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:5.2(1)sm1(5.1):-::::microsoft_hyper-v::* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v::-::::vmware_vsphere:: cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)_sv1(4):-::::vmware_vsphere::* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)_sv1(4a):-::::vmware_vsphere::* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)_sv1(4b):-::::vmware_vsphere::* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)sv1(5.1):-::::vmware_vsphere::* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)sv1(5.1a):-::::vmware_vsphere::* cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)sv1(5.2):-::::vmware_vsphere::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

cisco nexus 1000v

4.2(1)vsg1(1) -

5.2(1)sm1(5.1) -

<= 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.2b\)

4.2(1)_sv1(4) -

4.2(1)_sv1(4a) -

CPE

cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)vsg1(1):-:*:*:*:nexus_1000v:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:5.2(1)sm1(5.1):-:*:*:*:microsoft_hyper-v:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:*:-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)_sv1(4):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)_sv1(4a):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)_sv1(4b):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)sv1(5.1):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)sv1(5.1a):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2(1)sv1(5.2):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 18, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]