CVE-2019-1972 json
Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
published 2019-08-08 7 y ago modified 2026-08-24 2 mo ago also EUVD-2019-10529
- cvss
- 6.7
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 43%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 23 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% 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 | 3.1 | 6.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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 Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-1972
- NVD CVE-2019-1972
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