CVE-2013-1191 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS 6.1 prior to 6.1(5) on Nexus 7000 devices. When local authentication and multiple Virtual Device Contexts (VDCs) are enabled, an authenticated remote attacker can gain elevated privileges within an unintended VDC by sending crafted SSH key data to a management interface. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity due to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though with high access complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1\(2\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1\(3\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1\(4\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:6.1\(4\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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