Input validation error in Cisco Systems, Inc products - CVE-2019-15288
Published: November 8, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22609
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15288
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco TelePresence Codec (TC)
Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE)
Cisco RoomOS
Cisco TelePresence Codec (TC)
Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE)
Cisco RoomOS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges to an unrestricted user of the restricted shell.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the CLI. A remote authenticated attacker can include specific arguments when opening an SSH connection to an affected device and gain unrestricted user access to the restricted shell of an affected device.
Note: This vulnerability affects Cisco RoomOS Software releases earlier than RoomOS September Drop 1 2019 that have the SSH feature enabled.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15288
Install updates from vendor's website.