CVE-2017-6650

CVE-2017-6650

Vendor N/A
Product Cisco Nexus Series Switches
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published May 22, 2017
Last update August 5, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the Telnet CLI command of Cisco NX-OS System Software 7.1 through 7.3 running on Cisco Nexus Series Switches could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted command arguments into the Telnet CLI command. An exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files at the user's privilege level outside of the user's path. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb86771.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 22, 2017 CVE published
August 5, 2024 Record updated