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CVE-2019-1618 Details

Description

A vulnerability in the Tetration Analytics agent for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. The vulnerability is due to an incorrect permissions setting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by replacing valid agent files with malicious code. A successful exploit could result in the execution of code supplied by the attacker. Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Standalone NX-OS Mode are affected running versions prior to 7.0(3)I7(5).

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-tetra-ace	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107322	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-tetra-ace	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107322	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-732	Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource	[email protected]
CWE-275	Permission Issues	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
cisco nx-os	>= 7.0\(3\)i4, < 7.0\(3\)i7\(5\)
CPE cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
cisco nexus 9000	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_9000:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 5, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 13, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 12, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]