CVE-2019-15986 Cisco Unity Express Command Injection Vulnerability
An authenticated local attacker can inject arbitrary commands via the CLI to execute code with root privileges on Cisco Unity Express systems.
- 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-2019-15986?
CVE-2019-15986 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Unity Express, published on 26 Nov 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 Unity Express could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid administrator credentials. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation for certain CLI commands that are executed on a vulnerable system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the system and sending crafted CLI commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15986?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Unity Express.
How do I fix CVE-2019-15986?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15986 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-2019-15986 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15986 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unity Express
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vvgg-c2xf-q98v.