CVE-2019-12662

Cisco NX-OS and IOS XE Software Virtual Service Image Signature Bypass Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 6.7 Medium
Published: Sep 25, 2019
Updated: Nov 20, 2024
Reserved: Jun 4, 2019

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco NX-OS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker with valid administrator or privilege level 15 credentials to load a virtual service image and bypass signature verification on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper signature verification during the installation of an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) image. An authenticated, local attacker could exploit this vulnerability and load a malicious, unsigned OVA image on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to perform code execution on a crafted software OVA image.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.0	6.7 Medium	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	cisco

Weaknesses

CWE-347

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Cisco NX-OS Software 6.0(2)A1(1)Cisco	before n/aAffected

References

20190925 Cisco NX-OS and IOS XE Software Virtual Service Image Signature Bypass Vulnerabilityvendor-advisory

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