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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2013-5556

CVE-2013-5556

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.

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Affected products

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  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Nexus 1000v10 versions
    cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2\(1\)_sv1\(4a\):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*+ 9 more
    • 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\(4\):-:*:*:*: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\(5.1\):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:h:cisco:nexus_1000v:4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.2\):-:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
    • 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:*:*range: <=4.2\(1\)sv1\(5.2b\)
    • (no CPE)range: <=4.2(1)SV1(5.2b), 5.2(1)SM1(5.1)
  • Cisco Systems, Inc./Virtual Security Gatewayllm-fuzzy
    Range: 4.2(1)VSG1(1)

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