CVE-2019-1966
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-08-29 21:45
Modified
2024-09-16 18:45
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Cisco Unified Computing System Fabric Interconnect root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190828-ucs-privescalationVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Unified Computing System (Managed)
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