Cisco NX-OS Bash Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

6.7 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to elevate privileges to network-admin on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient security restrictions when executing application arguments from the Bash shell. An attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create new users with the privileges of network-admin.

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.

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-nxos-bshacepe-bApeHSx7

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Affected Software

Cisco NX-OS Software

Vulnerable Versions:

9.2(3), 7.0(3)I5(2), 6.0(2)A8(7a), 7.0(3)I4(5), 6.0(2)A6(1), 7.0(3)I4(6), 7.0(3)I4(3), 9.2(2v), 6.0(2)A6(5b), 7.0(3)I4(7), 6.0(2)U6(1a), 7.0(3)I4(1), 7.0(3)I4(8), 7.0(3)I4(2), 7.0(3)IM3(1), 6.0(2)U6(5a), 6.0(2)A8(11), 6.0(2)A6(4a), 9.2(1), 9.2(2t), 9.2(3y), 7.0(3)I4(1t), 6.0(2)U6(5c), 6.0(2)A6(4), 7.0(3)I7(6z), 9.3(2), 7.0(3)F3(3), 6.0(2)U6(6), 7.0(3)I7(3z), 7.0(3)IM7(2), 6.0(2)A8(11b), 7.0(3)I7(5a), 7.0(3)I6(1), 6.0(2)U6(10), 7.0(3)IM3(2), 6.0(2)A6(8), 6.0(2)U6(1), 7.0(3)I5(3b), 6.0(2)A6(2a), 6.0(2)U6(7), 9.2(4), 7.0(3)IM3(2a), 6.0(2)A8(10), 6.0(2)A8(2), 7.0(3)IC4(4), 6.0(2)A6(3), 6.0(2)U6(5b), 7.0(3)F3(3c), 7.0(3)F3(1), 6.0(2)U6(5), 7.0(3)F3(5), 6.0(2)A6(7), 7.0(3)I7(2), 6.0(2)A6(5), 7.0(3)IM3(2b), 6.0(2)U6(4a), 7.0(3)I5(3), 7.0(3)I7(3), 6.0(2)A8(6), 7.0(3)I6(2), 6.0(2)A8(5), 6.0(2)U6(8), 7.0(3)IM3(3), 9.3(1), 6.0(2)U6(2), 6.0(2)A8(7), 7.0(3)I7(6), 6.0(2)U6(3a), 6.0(2)A8(11a), 7.0(3)I4(8z), 7.0(3)I4(9), 7.0(3)I7(4), 7.0(3)I7(7), 6.0(2)A8(9), 6.0(2)A8(1), 6.0(2)A6(6), 6.0(2)A8(10a), 7.0(3)I5(1), 9.3(1z), 9.2(2), 7.0(3)F3(4), 7.0(3)I4(8b), 6.0(2)A8(3), 7.0(3)I4(6t), 7.0(3)I5(3a), 6.0(2)A8(8), 7.0(3)I7(5), 7.0(3)F3(3a), 6.0(2)A8(4), 6.0(2)A6(3a), 6.0(2)A6(5a), 7.0(3)F2(1), 7.0(3)I4(8a), 6.0(2)U6(9), 7.0(3)F3(2), 6.0(2)U6(2a), 7.0(3)I4(4), 6.0(2)U6(3), 7.0(3)I7(1), 7.0(3)F2(2), 7.0(3)IA7(2), 7.0(3)IA7(1), 6.0(2)A8(7b), 7.0(3)F1(1), 6.0(2)A6(1a), 6.0(2)A6(2), 6.0(2)A8(4a), 6.0(2)U6(4), 9.3(3), 7.0(3)I7(8), 6.0(2)U6(10a), 9.3(4), 9.3(5), 7.0(3)I7(9), 9.3(6), 10.1(2), 10.1(1), 9.3(5w), 9.3(7), 9.3(7k), 7.0(3)I7(9w), 10.2(1), 9.3(7a), 9.3(8), 7.0(3)I7(10), 10.2(1q), 10.2(2), 9.3(9), 10.1(2t), 10.2(3), 10.2(3t), 9.3(10), 10.2(2a), 10.3(1), 10.2(4), 10.3(2), 9.3(11), 10.3(3), 10.2(5), 9.3(12), 10.2(3v), 10.4(1), 10.3(99w), 10.2(6), 10.3(3w), 10.3(99x), 10.3(3o), 10.3(4), 10.3(3p), 10.3(4a), 10.4(2), 10.3(3q), 9.3(13), 10.3(5), 10.2(7), 10.4(3), 10.3(3x), 10.3(4g), 10.3(3r)