High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-1618
CVE-2019-1618
Description
A vulnerability in the Tetration Analytics agent for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in standalone NX-OS mode could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. The vulnerability is due to an incorrect permissions setting. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by replacing valid agent files with malicious code. A successful exploit could result in the execution of code supplied by the attacker. Nexus 9000 Series Switches in Standalone NX-OS Mode are affected running versions prior to 7.0(3)I7(5).
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Affected products
4- Range: <7.0(3)I7(5)
- Range: <7.0(3)I7(5)
- Range: unspecified
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107322nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190306-tetra-acenvdVendor Advisory
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