Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU52961

Path traversal in Cisco RoomOS and Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) - CVE-2021-1532

Published: May 7, 2021

Vulnerability identifier: #VU52961

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-1532

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the video endpoint API (xAPI). A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Affected software

Cisco RoomOS
Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE)

How to mitigate CVE-2021-1532

Install update from vendor's website.

Cisco RoomOS - update to April 2021 Drop
Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) - addressed in versions 9.14.6, 9.15.3, 10.3.1

External References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-tp-rmos-fileread-pE9sL3g

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