CVE-2018-15430
HIGHCisco TelePresence Video Communication Server - Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Malicious Upgrade Package
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the administrative web interface of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code with user-level privileges on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the content of upgrade packages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious archive to the Upgrade page of the administrative web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code with user-level privileges on the underlying operating system.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041784
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-express-vcs-rce
Scores
CVSS v3
7.2
EPSS
0.0287
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
cisco/telepresence_video_communication_server
x7.2.4
cisco/telepresence_video_communication_server
x8.9.2
cisco/telepresence_video_communication_server
x8.10.4
Published
Oct 05, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026