CVE detail

CVE-2019-1972 — CVE-2019-1972

Published 2019-08-08 · Modified 2026-06-17 · Vendor cisco · Product enterprise_network_function_virtualization_infrastructure · Source nvd
MEDIUM
severity
CVSS-derived band
6.7
CVSS v3
0–10 scale
0.0050
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
40.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog

Description

A vulnerability the Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) restricted CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid administrator-level credentials to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging the insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Remediation

ProductVulnerable rangeFixed versionAdvisory
Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software>=unspecified<n/anot specifiedadvisory ↗

References

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