cisco-sa-20191016-tele-ce-privescal: Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
First published: Wed Oct 16 2019(Updated: )
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating as the remote support user and submitting malicious input to a specific command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system (OS) with root privileges. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191016-tele-ce-privescal
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint Software |
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