CVE-2019-1623 Cisco Meeting Server CLI Command Injection Vulnerability
An authenticated local attacker can inject arbitrary commands to execute code as root on Cisco Meeting Server.
- 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-2019-1623?
CVE-2019-1623 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Cisco Meeting Server, published on 20 Jun 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 configuration shell of Cisco Meeting Server could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands as the root user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation during the execution of a vulnerable CLI command. An attacker with administrator-level credentials could exploit this vulnerability by injecting crafted arguments during command execution. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary code execution as root on an affected product.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-1623?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Meeting Server.
How do I fix CVE-2019-1623?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-1623 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-2019-1623 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-1623 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Meeting Server
- CVE-2016-6448 Memory corruption in Cisco Meeting Server before 2.0.3 and Acano Server before 1.9.5
- CVE-2017-12249 Misconfiguration in Cisco Meeting Server
- CVE-2016-6445 Auth bypass in Cisco Meeting Server (CMS) before 2.0.6 and Acano Server before 1.8.18 and 1.9.x before 1.9.6
- CVE-2018-0439 Cisco Meeting Server Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
- CVE-2016-6444 Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Meeting Server 1.8, 1.9, 2.0
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m4v2-gwgf-j2gq.