Privilege Escalation via SSH Connection Negotiation in Cisco NX-OS Devices

CVE-2015-0721 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cisco NX-OS 4.0 through 7.3 on Multilayer Director and Nexus 1000V, 2000, 3000, 3500, 4000, 5000, 5500, 5600, 6000, 7000, 7700, and 9000 devices allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended AAA restrictions and obtain privileged CLI access via crafted parameters in an SSH connection negotiation, aka Bug IDs CSCum35502, CSCuw78669, CSCuw79754, and CSCux88492.

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