Command injection in Cisco NX-OS - CVE-2018-0306
Published: June 20, 2018 / Updated: June 25, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13432
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0306
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco NX-OS
Cisco NX-OS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the CLI parser of Cisco NX-OS Software due to insufficient input validation of command arguments. A local attacker can inject malicious command arguments into a vulnerable CLI command and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-0306
Install update from vendor's website.