Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Web Portal Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

published 2019-08-08 7 y ago modified 2026-08-24 2 mo ago also EUVD-2019-10518

cvss: 4.9; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system (OS) of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to the improper input validation of tar packages uploaded through the Web Portal to the Image Repository. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a crafted tar package and viewing the log entries that are generated. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying OS.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

cisco enterprise_nfv_infrastructure_software 3.10.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-21)

Exploit prediction

1.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	4.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Cisco Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software

Classification

Weakness

CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190807-nfv-fileread
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-1961
NVD CVE-2019-1961

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Summary