CVE-2011-2569 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2569?

CVE-2011-2569 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 27 Oct 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cisco Nexus OS (aka NX-OS) 4.2 and 5.0 and Cisco Unified Computing System with software 1.4 and 2.0 do not properly restrict command-line options, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug IDs CSCtf40008, CSCtg18363, CSCtr44645, CSCts10195, and CSCts10188.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2569?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Cisco Nx-Os, Cisco Unified Computing System, Cisco Unified Computing System Infrastructure and Unified Computing System Software.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2569?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2569 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2011-2569 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2569 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4f6p-cv97-w83q.