CVE-2019-1952 Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Path Traversal Vulnerability

Medium 6.7 Published 8 Aug 2019 Updated 20 Nov 2024

An authenticated local attacker with admin privileges can read or overwrite arbitrary files via directory traversal in the CLI.

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-2019-1952?

CVE-2019-1952 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software, published on 8 Aug 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 CLI of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite or read arbitrary files. The attacker would need valid administrator privilege-level credentials. This vulnerability is due to improper input validation of CLI command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using directory traversal techniques when executing a vulnerable command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite or read arbitrary files on an affected device.

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1952?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1952?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1952 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2019-1952 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1952 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jhmm-9jgg-76j8.