CVE-2021-34715
MEDIUMCisco Expressway and TelePresence VCS - Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Upgrade Package
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in the image verification function of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code with internal user 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 (the _nobody account) on the underlying operating system.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ewver-c6WZPXRx
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0067
EPSS Percentile
71.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-347
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/expressway
< x8.8.0
cisco/telepresence_video_communication_server
< x8.8
Published
Aug 18, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026