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CVE-2019-1592 Details

Description

A vulnerability in the background operations functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to gain elevated privileges as root on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied files on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the CLI of the affected device and creating a crafted file in a specific directory on the filesystem. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands as root on an affected device.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-hw-clock-util CVEVendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-aci-hw-clock-util [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

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Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-1592
NVD Published Date:
May 3, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2019-1592 Details - Not Deferred