CVE-2019-1618 Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Standalone NX-OS Mode Tetration Analytics Agent Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

What is CVE-2019-1618?

CVE-2019-1618 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Nx-Os, published on 11 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 Tetration Analytics agent for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. The vulnerability is due to an incorrect permissions setting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by replacing valid agent files with malicious code. A successful exploit could result in the execution of code supplied by the attacker. Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Standalone NX-OS Mode are affected running versions prior to 7.0(3)I7(5).

Weakness: CWE-732, CWE-275

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1618?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Nx-Os.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1618?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1618 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-1618 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1618 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2024-20399 Cisco NX-OS Command Injection Exploited Medium 6.0
• CVE-2021-1361 Cisco NX-OS Software Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Actions Vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-0301 Memory corruption in Cisco NX-OS unknown Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-1453 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-1341 Hardcoded credentials in n/a Critical 9.8

All Cisco Nx-Os vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j323-5f92-wmq5.