CVE-2019-1601 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software, allowing an authenticated, local attacker to gain read and write access to a critical configuration file due to improper filesystem permissions. This affects various Cisco Nexus and MDS 9000 Series Switches across multiple versions. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and the potential for an attacker to bypass authentication and log in as any user, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.2, < 8.3\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0\(3\), < 7.0\(3\)i7\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0\(3\)i5, < 7.0\(3\)i7\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0\(3\)f3, < 7.0\(3\)f3\(5\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0\(3\)f1, < 7.0\(3\)f3\(5\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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