#VU15768 OS command injection in Cisco Unity Express - CVE-2018-15381 

 

#VU15768 OS command injection in Cisco Unity Express - CVE-2018-15381

Published: November 7, 2018 / Updated: November 8, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15768
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15381
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Cisco Unity Express
Software vendor:
Cisco Systems, Inc

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a malicious serialized Java object to the listening Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) service and execute arbitrary shell commands on the device with root privileges.


Remediation

Update to version 9.0.6.

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