CVE-2019-1971 HIGH

CVE-2019-1971: Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Command Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software
Weakness CWE-78
Published August 8, 2019
Last update November 20, 2024

CVSS base score

8.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the web portal of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a command injection attack and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the web portal framework. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing malicious input during web portal authentication. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 8, 2019 CVE published
November 20, 2024 Record updated