CVE-2019-1790 is a command injection vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco NX-OS Software, affecting Cisco products. An authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials can exploit insufficient argument validation in certain CLI commands to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) due to its local attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 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, < 8.2\(3\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 8.3, < 8.3\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 7.0\(3\)i4\(8\)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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