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CVE-2019-1779

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1779 is a command injection vulnerability affecting Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software. It allows an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the underlying operating system due to insufficient validation of CLI command arguments. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.4.1.101CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:firepower_extensible_operating_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.2, < 6.2\(25\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 7.3, < 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\(3\)i4\(9\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.2MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190515-nxos-fxos-cmdinj-1779
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/108394
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry