PT-2013-1659 · Cisco · Cisco Nx-Os+1

Published 2013-12-19 · Updated 2013-12-23 · CVE-2012-4135

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco NX-OS version 6.1(2) and earlier

Description A directory traversal issue exists due to improper filtering of user input in the Command Line Interface (CLI) of the Cisco NX-OS Software. This allows an authenticated, local attacker to delete arbitrary files on the device by leveraging the filesys delete command. The attacker must have local access to the targeted device, which decreases the likelihood of a successful exploit.

Recommendations For Cisco NX-OS version 6.1(2) and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4135

Affected Products

Cisco Nx-Os

Cisco Nexus

References · 4

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=32237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4135 · Security Note
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2012-4135 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/Cisco-SA-20131219-CVE-2012-4135 · Note