CVE-2013-5556

Severity

68%

Complexity

31%

Confidentiality

165%

The license-installation module on the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b) and earlier for VMware vSphere, Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 5.2(1)SM1(5.1) for Microsoft Hyper-V, and Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 4.2(1)VSG1(1) for Nexus 1000V switches allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via crafted "install all iso" arguments, aka Bug ID CSCui21340.

The license-installation module on the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b) and earlier for VMware vSphere, Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 5.2(1)SM1(5.1) for Microsoft Hyper-V, and Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 4.2(1)VSG1(1) for Nexus 1000V switches allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via crafted "install all iso" arguments, aka Bug ID CSCui21340.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Cisco Nexus 1000v

First reported 11 years ago

2013-11-18 03:55:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2013-11-20 17:40:00

Affected Software

Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2(1)VSG1(1)

4.2\(1\)vsg1\(1\)
nexus_1000v

Cisco Nexus 1000v 5.2(1)SM1(5.1)

5.2\(1\)sm1\(5.1\)
microsoft_hyper-v

Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2(1) SV1(4)

4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4\)
vmware_vsphere

Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2(1) SV1(4a)

4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4a\)
vmware_vsphere

Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2(1) SV1(4b)

4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4b\)
vmware_vsphere

Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2(1)SV1(5.1)

4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.1\)
vmware_vsphere

Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2(1)SV1(5.1a)

4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.1a\)
vmware_vsphere

Cisco Nexus 1000v 4.2(1)SV1(5.2)

4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.2\)
vmware_vsphere

References

20131114 Cisco Nexus 1000V Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=31774

Vendor Advisory

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