High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6650
CVE-2017-6650
Description
A vulnerability in the Telnet CLI command of Cisco NX-OS System Software 7.1 through 7.3 running on Cisco Nexus Series Switches could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a command injection attack. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted command arguments into the Telnet CLI command. An exploit could allow the attacker to read or write arbitrary files at the user's privilege level outside of the user's path. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvb86771.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(1\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(1\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(2\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(3\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(3\)n1\(2\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(3\)n1\(2.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(3\)n1\(3.12\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.1\(4\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.2\(0\)d1\(0.437\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.2\(0\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.2\(0\)zz\(99.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.2\(1\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.3\(0\)n1\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98528nvdThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170517-nss1nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038518nvd
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