First published: Sun Jan 26 2020(Updated: )
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Webex Video Mesh could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input by the web-based management interface of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the web-based management interface with administrative privileges and supplying crafted requests to the application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system with root privileges on a targeted node.
Credit: ykramarz@cisco.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms | =2.0 | |
Cisco Webex Video Mesh | <2019.09.19.1956m |
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The vulnerability ID is CVE-2019-16005.
The severity of CVE-2019-16005 is critical with a severity value of 7.2.
Cisco Collaboration Meeting Rooms version 2.0 and Cisco Webex Video Mesh version up to 2019.09.19.1956m are affected by CVE-2019-16005.
An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit CVE-2019-16005 by executing arbitrary commands on the affected system through the web-based management interface.
Yes, Cisco has released a security advisory with remediation steps for CVE-2019-16005. Please refer to the official Cisco Security Advisory for more information.