CVE-2018-15381
CRITICALCisco Unity Express - Use After Free
Title source: llmDescription
A Java deserialization vulnerability in Cisco Unity Express (CUE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the root user. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious serialized Java object to the listening Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with root privileges.
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.2842
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-502
Status
published
Affected Products (1)
cisco/unity_express
< 9.0.6
Timeline
Published
Nov 08, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026