CVE-2011-2569

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Cisco Nexus OS (aka NX-OS) 4.2 and 5.0 and Cisco Unified Computing System with software 1.4 and 2.0 do not properly restrict command-line options, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, aka Bug IDs CSCtf40008, CSCtg18363, CSCtr44645, CSCts10195, and CSCts10188.

Affected products

Cisco NX-OS: 4.2, 5.0
Cisco Unified Computing System (Managed): all versions
Cisco Unified Computing System Infrastructure And Unified Computing System Software: 1.4(1j), 2.0(1q)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=24458
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=24458

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