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CVE-2013-5556

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
18/11/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The license-installation module on the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b) and earlier for VMware vSphere, Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 5.2(1)SM1(5.1) for Microsoft Hyper-V, and Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 4.2(1)VSG1(1) for Nexus 1000V switches allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via crafted "install all iso" arguments, aka Bug ID CSCui21340.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2\(1\)vsg1\(1\):-:*:*:*:nexus_1000v:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:5.2\(1\)sm1\(5.1\):-:*:*:*:microsoft_hyper-v:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:*:-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:* 4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.2b\) (including)
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4\):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4a\):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4b\):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.1\):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.1a\):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.2\):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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