CVE-2016-1341 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cisco NX-OS 7.0(1)N1(1), 7.0(1)N1(3), and 7.0(4)N1(1) on Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender devices has a blank root password, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCur22079.

Published: 2016-02-24

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.0\(1\)n1\(1\):::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.0\(1\)n1\(3\):::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:cisco:nx-os:7.0\(4\)n1\(1\):::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-2440	Cisco NX-OS 7.0(1)N1(1), 7.0(1)N1(3), and 7.0(4)N1(1) on Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender devices has a blank root password, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCur22079.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00277.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160223-nx2000
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035088

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Nx-os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2016-02-24T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:55:14.093Z

Reserved: 2016-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1341

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-24T03:59:01.087

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-1341

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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