Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2019-1966

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2019-1966

Published: August 28, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU20444
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-2019-1966
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Unified Computing System
UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects
UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to extraneous sub-command options present for a specific CLI command within the local-mgmt context. A local authenticated attacker can enter the local-mgmt context, issue a specific CLI command and gain root privileges on the device.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-1966

Install updates from vendor's website.

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