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Cisco TelePresence: Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2019-15275)

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Cisco TelePresence: Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2019-15275)

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 arbitrary commands 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 submitting malicious input to a specific command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system (OS) with root privileges.

Solution(s)

  • cisco-telepresence-upgrade-latest

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