CVE-2021-1584 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-1584

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of a specific CLI command. An attacker with administrative privileges could exploit this vulnerability by performing a command injection attack on the vulnerable command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access the underlying operating system as root.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI Mode
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: August 25th, 2021
Last Modified: November 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)