Medium severity · published Mar 6, 2019
CVE-2019-1588
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application-Centric Infrastructure Mode Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability
4.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches running in Application-Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read arbitrary files on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input and validation checking mechanisms of user-supplied input sent to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker unauthorized access to read arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 14.0(1h).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CN
Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode · Cisco
before 14.0(1h) · source: vendor
NX
Nx-os · Cisco
before 14.0\(1h\) · source: NVD
Affected product
CN
Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1588
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-1588
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107316
Patch
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-aci-file-read
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