CVE-2019-15288
HIGHCisco TelePresence Codec <7.3.19, Collaboration Endpoint <9.8.1, RoomOS <2019-09-drop1 - Privilege Escalation via SSH
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE), Cisco TelePresence Codec (TC), and Cisco RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to escalate privileges to an unrestricted user of the restricted shell. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including specific arguments when opening an SSH connection to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unrestricted user access to the restricted shell of an affected device.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191106-telepres-roomos-privesc
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0175
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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/roomos
< 2019-09-drop1
cisco/telepresence_codec
< 7.3.19
cisco/telepresence_collaboration_endpoint
< 9.8.1
Published
Nov 26, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026