# CVE-2010-3039: Command injection in n/a

> Remote authenticated administrators can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the administrative interface of Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Nov 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xrvh-hj29-j7h9

## What is CVE-2010-3039?

CVE-2010-3039 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 9 Nov 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

/usr/local/cm/bin/pktCap_protectData in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (aka CUCM, formerly CallManager) 6, 7, and 8 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a request to the administrative interface, aka Bug IDs CSCti52041 and CSCti74930.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3039?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-3039?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-3039 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-3039 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3039 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Cisco Unified Communications Manager 8.0 - Invalid Argument Privilege Escalation (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unified Communications Manager

- [CVE-2026-20230](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20230/): Cisco Unified Communications Manager Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (high 8.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-20045](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20045/): Cisco Unified Communications Products Code Injection (high 8.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-20309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20309/): Cisco Unified Communications Manager Static SSH Credentials Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-1643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1643/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-20253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-20253/): Deserialization in Cisco Packaged Contact Center Enterprise (critical 9.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3039 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-3039 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, published on 9 Nov 2010. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2010-3039 exists.

Affected product: Cisco Unified Communications Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3039/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3039/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3039
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3039
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3039

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