CVE-2024-20413 — Cisco NX-OS Bash Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to elevate privileges to network-admin on an affect…
Published: 2024-08-28 · CVSS: 6.7 · CVSS 3.1
A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell to elevate privileges to network-admin on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient security restrictions when executing application arguments from the Bash shell. An attacker with privileges to access the Bash shell could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to create new users with the privileges of network-admin.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7