CVE-2013-5556 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2013-5556

The license-installation module on the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b)...

Vulnerability Description

The license-installation module on the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b) and earlier for VMware vSphere, Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 5.2(1)SM1(5.1) for Microsoft Hyper-V, and Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 4.2(1)VSG1(1) for Nexus 1000V switches allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via crafted "install all iso" arguments, aka Bug ID CSCui21340.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

nexus 1000v
Vulnerable Versions:
4.2\(1\)vsg1\(1\), 5.2\(1\)sm1\(5.1\), 0, 4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4\), 4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4a\), 4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4b\), 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.1\), 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.1a\), 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.2\)

Timeline

Official Publish: November 16th, 2013
Last Modified: September 17th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.