Directory traversal vulnerability in filesys in Cisco NX... · CVE-2012-4135 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Directory traversal vulnerability in filesys in Cisco NX...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in filesys in Cisco NX-OS 6.1(2) and earlier allows local users to access arbitrary files via crafted command-line arguments during a delete action, aka Bug IDs CSCty07270, CSCty07271, CSCty07273, and CSCty07275.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Dec 21, 2013

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022

Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Learn more on MITRE.