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CVE-2019-1602 — A vulnerability in the filesystem permissions of Cisco NX-OS Software could allo

A vulnerability in the filesystem permissions of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive data that could be used to elevate their privileges to administrator. The vulnerability is due to improper implementation of filesystem permissio

CVSS
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.24% (top 53.30%)
CWE
CWE-264
Published
2019-03-08T19:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-11-20T17:26:34.718Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the filesystem permissions of Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive data that could be used to elevate their privileges to administrator. The vulnerability is due to improper implementation of filesystem permissions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the CLI of an affected device, accessing a specific…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
CiscoNexus 3000 Series Switchesunspecified
CiscoNexus 3500 Platform Switchesunspecified
CiscoNexus 3600 Platform Switchesunspecified
CiscoNexus 9000 Series SwitchesStandalone — unspecified
CiscoNexus 9500 RSeries Line Cards and Fabric Modules — unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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