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Cisco TelePresence: Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2019-15277)

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Cisco TelePresence: Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2019-15277)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/16/2019
Created
10/23/2019
Added
10/22/2019
Modified
11/02/2022

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute code with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating as the remote support user and sending malicious traffic to a listener who is internal to the device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute commands with root privileges.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-telepresence-upgrade-latest

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