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CVE-2019-1682 A vulnerability in the FUSE filesystem functionality for Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)…

Description

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.

Affected products and versions

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)	Versions not published

References

20190501 Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller Privilege Escalation Vulnerability tools.cisco.com

Timeline

Published May 3, 2019
Last modified November 20, 2024

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