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

Medium 6.7 Published 16 Oct 2019 Updated 20 Nov 2024

Authenticated local attackers can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via insufficient input validation in the CLI.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-15275?

CVE-2019-15275 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence TC Software, published on 16 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15275?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Telepresence Collaboration Endpoint.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15275?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15275 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-15275 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15275 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xhf2-76w5-8cfq.