CVE-2019-1769 is a command injection vulnerability in the Cisco NX-OS Software CLI, affecting Cisco products. An authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials can exploit insufficient argument validation to execute arbitrary commands as root on an attached line card's underlying Linux operating system. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) due to its high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high privileges and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.0\(3\)i7\(6\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 7.0\(3\), < 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:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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