CVE-2019-1585 json
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application-Centric Infrastructure Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-10142
- cvss
- 6.7
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A vulnerability in the controller authorization functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate standard users with root privilege on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a misconfiguration of certain sudoers files for the bashroot component on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected device with a crafted user ID, which may allow temporary administrative access to escalate privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This Vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.0(1h)
Patch / fix
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode 4.0(1h)
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 6.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Cisco Cisco NX-OS Software for Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-16 Configuration
References
-
tools.cisco.com
/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-aci-controller-privsec
vendor-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/107312
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-1585
- NVD CVE-2019-1585
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