CVE-2019-1728 is a vulnerability in Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software's Secure Configuration Validation functionality. An authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials could exploit this flaw by overwriting persistent configuration storage with malicious executable files. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) allows arbitrary command execution at system boot with root privileges, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.1, < 8.1\(1b\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.2, < 8.3\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0\(3\)i7, < 7.0\(3\)i7\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0\(2\)a8, < 6.0\(2\)a8\(11\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0\(3\), < 7.0\(3\)i7\(3\)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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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