CVE-2019-1790

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid administrator credentials to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of arguments passed to certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including malicious input as the argument of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. An attacker would need valid administrator credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

Link	Resource
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-cmdinj-1790	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108383	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configuration 1

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Published : 2019-05-15 08:29

Updated : 2020-10-16 05:10

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NVD link : CVE-2019-1790

Mitre link : CVE-2019-1790

Cisco

Nexus 9500 Supervisor B

CWE-88