PT-2019-1370 · Cisco · Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure

Published 2019-01-23 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2019-1656

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access the shell of the underlying Linux operating system on the affected device. The issue is due to improper input validation in the affected software. An attacker could exploit this by sending crafted commands to the affected device, potentially gaining shell access with a nonroot user account to the underlying Linux operating system and accessing system configuration files with sensitive information. This vulnerability only affects console connections from CIMC and does not apply to remote connections, such as telnet or SSH.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2019-00731

CVE-2019-1656

Affected Products

Cisco Enterprise Nfv Infrastructure

References · 5

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-nfvis-shell-access · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1656 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2019-00731 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1656 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/106715 · Note