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CVE-2021-1583

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Published: Aug 25, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-284
NVD MITRE
4.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 87.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability in the fabric infrastructure file system access control of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read arbitrary files on an affected system. This vulnerability is due to improper access control. An attacker with Administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability by executing a specific vulnerable command on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the file system of the affected device.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-284NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

NX-OSCisco Systems Inc.
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
Cisco NX-OS System Software in ACI ModeCisco
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
nx-oscisco
On-premFirmware
Networking Infrastructure / router-switch
cisco systems inc.commercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco
ciscocommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka cisco systems, cisco systems inc.

Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-naci-afr-UtjfO2D7
tools.cisco.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1583
nvd.nist.gov
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-naci-afr-UtjfO2D7
tools.cisco.com

Timeline

Published
Aug 25, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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