CVE-2019-1682 HIGH

CVE-2019-1682: Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)
Weakness CWE-264
Published May 3, 2019
Last update November 20, 2024

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the FUSE filesystem functionality for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate privileges to root on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation for certain command strings issued on the CLI of the affected device. An attacker with write permissions for files within a readable folder on the device could alter certain definitions in the affected file. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to cause the underlying FUSE driver to execute said crafted commands, elevating the attacker's privileges to root on an affected device.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 3, 2019 CVE published
November 20, 2024 Record updated