CVE-2019-1972 Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Medium 6.7 Published 8 Aug 2019 Updated 20 Nov 2024

An authenticated local attacker with admin credentials can elevate privileges to root and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying OS.

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-2019-1972?

CVE-2019-1972 is a medium-severity 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 the Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) restricted CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid administrator-level credentials to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging the insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1972?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure Software.

How do I fix CVE-2019-1972?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1972 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-1972 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1972 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-42w8-3c74-8cp2.