CVE-2019-1585 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches Application-Centric Infrastructure Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
An authenticated local attacker can escalate privileges to root on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches due to misconfigured sudoers files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-1585?
CVE-2019-1585 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 6 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in the controller authorization functionality of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Switch Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate standard users with root privilege on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to a misconfiguration of certain sudoers files for the bashroot component on an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected device with a crafted user ID, which may allow temporary administrative access to escalate privileges. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This Vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.0(1h)
Weakness: CWE-16
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1585?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Software, Cisco Nx-Os.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1585?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-1585 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1585 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wmmj-3h5w-9p89.