CVE-2015-4232 (GCVE-0-2015-4232)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-07-03 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:11
VLAI
Summary
Cisco NX-OS 6.2(10) on Nexus and MDS 9000 devices allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands by entering crafted tar parameters in the CLI, aka Bug ID CSCus44856.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032764 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75503 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2015-06-30 00:00
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