CVE-2021-1584

MEDIUM

6.0

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of a specific CLI command. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability by performing a command injection attack on the vulnerable command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the underlying operating system as root.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.0

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionNONE

Published8/25/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

cisco:nexus_9000cisco:nexus_9000vcisco:nexus_92160yc-xcisco:nexus_92300yccisco:nexus_92304qccisco:nexus_92348gc-xcisco:nexus_9236ccisco:nexus_9272qcisco:nexus_93108tc-excisco:nexus_93108tc-ex-24cisco:nexus_93108tc-fxcisco:nexus_93108tc-fx-24cisco:nexus_93108tc-fx3pcisco:nexus_93120txcisco:nexus_93128txcisco:nexus_9316d-gxcisco:nexus_93180lc-excisco:nexus_93180yc-excisco:nexus_93180yc-ex-24cisco:nexus_93180yc-fxcisco:nexus_93180yc-fx-24cisco:nexus_93180yc-fx3cisco:nexus_93180yc-fx3scisco:nexus_93216tc-fx2cisco:nexus_93240yc-fx2cisco:nexus_9332ccisco:nexus_9332pqcisco:nexus_93360yc-fx2cisco:nexus_9336c-fx2cisco:nexus_9336c-fx2-ecisco:nexus_9348gc-fxpcisco:nexus_93600cd-gxcisco:nexus_9364ccisco:nexus_9364c-gxcisco:nexus_9372pxcisco:nexus_9372px-ecisco:nexus_9372txcisco:nexus_9372tx-ecisco:nexus_9396pxcisco:nexus_9396txcisco:nexus_9508cisco:nx-os

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-78CWE-78

References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-naci-mdvul-vrKVgNU(psirt@cisco.com)

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-naci-mdvul-vrKVgNU(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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