CVE-2011-2569 — 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

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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

Published Oct 27, 2011

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00327

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00327

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.33% (0.00327)	23.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00327)	24.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.08% (0.00082)	21.75th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.17% (0.00172)	55.65th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.17% (0.00172)	52.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (1)

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

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=24458		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published Oct 27, 2011

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Jun 27, 2011

Link CVE-2011-2569

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2011-2569

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2011-2569