Published: 18/11/2013 Updated: 20/11/2013

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.1

VMScore: 605

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

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cisco nexus 1000v 4.2\\(1\\)vsg1\\(1\\)
cisco nexus 1000v 5.2\\(1\\)sm1\\(5.1\\)
cisco nexus 1000v 4.2\\(1\\)sv1\\(5.1a\\)
cisco nexus 1000v 4.2\\(1\\)sv1\\(5.1\\)
cisco nexus 1000v 4.2\\(1\\)_sv1\\(4b\\)
cisco nexus 1000v 4.2\\(1\\)_sv1\\(4a\\)
cisco nexus 1000v
cisco nexus 1000v 4.2\\(1\\)sv1\\(5.2\\)
cisco nexus 1000v 4.2\\(1\\)_sv1\\(4\\)

A vulnerability in the license installation module of the Cisco Nexus 1000V could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands The vulnerability is due to a failure of the install all iso command to properly validate user-supplied input An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing crafted arguments to t ...

CWE-264 http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=31774 http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5556 https://nvd.nist.gov http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/Cisco-SA-20131115-CVE-2013-5556

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