CVE-2021-1584: Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Cisco · Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode
Vendor fix available · Affected: Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 39% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of a specific CLI command. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability by performing a command injection attack on the vulnerable command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the underlying operating system as root.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Cisco · Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI ModeVersions not stated
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Published
- August 2021
CoverageNo articles yet
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