Summary
Cisco NX-OS is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.
Impact
A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.
Solution
Ask the Vendor for an update.
Insight
This issue is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCum47367.
Affected
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches running NX-OS 6.1(4)
Detection
Check the NX OS version.
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-0676 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Related Vulnerabilities
- Cisco bug ID CSCdu35577 (Web Check)
- Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Cisco NX-OS Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Cisco NX-OS Label Distribution Protocol Message Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability