VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2013-5556

medium
Published 2013-11-18 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The license-installation module on the Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 4.2(1)SV1(5.2b) and earlier for VMware vSphere, Cisco Nexus 1000V switch 5.2(1)SM1(5.1) for Microsoft Hyper-V, and Cisco Virtual Security Gateway 4.2(1)VSG1(1) for Nexus 1000V switches allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via crafted "install all iso" arguments, aka Bug ID CSCui21340.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=31774

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@cisco.com — http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5556

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.