CVE-2019-1972

Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: August 8, 2019 at 07:35 AM UTC
Updated: August 24, 2026 at 06:22 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEnterprise Nfv Infrastructure

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability the Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) restricted CLI could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid administrator-level credentials to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root. The vulnerability is due to insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected CLI command. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging the insufficient restrictions during the execution of an affected command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as root.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.6.3 ≤ v ≤ 3.10.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264NVD-CWE-Other

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