Cisco Unified Communications Products Command Injection Vulnerability

6 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of multiple Cisco Unified Communications products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device as the root user. This vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied command arguments. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the CLI of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device as the root user. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-vos-command-inject-65s2UCYy

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Affected Software

Cisco Finesse, Cisco SocialMiner, Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express, Cisco Unified Intelligence Center, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Virtualized Voice Browser

Vulnerable Versions:

11.0(1)ES_Rollback, 10.5(1)ES4, 11.6(1)ES3, 11.0(1)ES2, 12.0(1)ES2, 10.5(1)ES3, 11.0(1), 11.6(1)FIPS, 11.6(1)ES4, 11.0(1)ES3, 10.5(1)ES6, 11.0(1)ES7, 11.5(1)ES4, 10.5(1)ES8, 11.5(1), 11.6(1), 10.5(1)ES10, 11.6(1)ES2, 11.6(1)ES, 11.0(1)ES6, 11.0(1)ES4, 12.0(1), 11.6(1)ES7, 10.5(1)ES7, 11.6(1)ES8, 11.5(1)ES1, 11.6(1)ES1, 11.5(1)ES5, 11.0(1)ES1, 10.5(1), 11.6(1)ES6, 10.5(1)ES2, 12.0(1)ES1, 11.0(1)ES5, 10.5(1)ES5, 11.5(1)ES3, 11.5(1)ES2, 10.5(1)ES9, 11.6(1)ES5, 11.6(1)ES9, 11.5(1)ES6, 10.5(1)ES1, 12.5(1), 12.0(1)ES3, 11.6(1)ES10, 12.5(1)ES1, 12.5(1)ES2, 12.0(1)ES4, 12.5(1)ES3, 12.0(1)ES5, 12.5(1)ES4, 12.0(1)ES6, 12.5(1)ES5, 12.5(1)ES6, 12.0(1)ES7, 12.6(1), 12.5(1)ES7, 11.6(1)ES11, 12.6(1)ES1, 12.0(1)ES8, 12.5(1)ES8, 12.6(1)ES2, 12.6(1)ES3, 12.6(1)ES4, 12.6(1)ES5, 12.5(2), 12.5(1)_SU, 12.5(1)SU, 12.6(1)ES6, 12.5(1)SU ES1, 12.6(1)ES7, 12.6(1)ES7_ET, 12.6(2), 12.6(1)ES8, 12.6(1)ES9, 12.6(2)ES1, 12.6(1)ES10, 12.5(1)SU ES2, 12.6(1)ES11, 12.6(2)ES2, 12.6(2)ES3, 12.5(1)SU ES3, 12.6(2)ES4, 12.6(2)ES5, 12.5(1)ES01, 10.6(1), 12.0(1)ES04, 10.6(2), 11.6(2), 12.0(1)ES02, 11.5(1)SU1, 12.0(1)ES03, 12.5(1)SU3, 12.5(1)SU1, 12.5(1)SU2, 12.5(1)SU4, 14, 12.5(1)SU5, 14SU1, 12.5(1)SU6, 14SU2, 12.5(1)SU7, 12.5(1)SU7a, 14SU3, 12.5(1)SU8, 12.5(1)SU8a, 15, 15SU1, 14SU4, 14SU4a, 15SU1a, 12.5(1)SU9, 14SU2a, Recovery ISO, 10.5(1)SU1, 10.6(1)SU3, 10.0(1)SU1, 10.6(1)SU1, 11.0(1)SU1, 12.5(1)_SU03_ES01, 12.5(1)_SU03_ES02, 12.5(1)_SU02_ES03, 12.5(1)_SU02_ES04, 12.5(1)_SU02_ES02, 12.5(1)_SU01_ES02, 12.5(1)_SU01_ES03, 12.5(1)_SU02_ES01, 11.6(2)ES07, 11.6(2)ES08, 12.5(1)_SU01_ES01, 12.5(1)ES02, 12.5(1)ES03, 11.6(2)ES06, 12.0(1)ES01, 11.6(2)ES05, 11.6(2)ES04, 11.6(2)ES03, 11.6(2)ES02, 11.6(2)ES01, 10.6(1)SU3ES03, 11.0(1)SU1ES03, 10.6(1)SU3ES01, 10.5(1)SU1ES10, 10.0(1)SU1ES04, 11.5(1)SU1ES03, 11.6(1)ES02, 11.5(1)ES01, 9.0(2)SU3ES04, 10.6(1)SU2, 10.6(1)SU2ES04, 11.6(1)ES01, 10.6(1)SU3ES02, 11.5(1)SU1ES02, 11.5(1)SU1ES01, 8.5(1), 11.0(1)SU1ES02, 12.5(1)_SU03_ES03, 12.5(1)_SU03_ES04, 12.5(1)_SU03_ES05, 12.5(1)_SU03_ES06, 11.0(2), 12.6(1)_ET, 12.6(1)_ES05_ET, 11.0(3), 12.6(2)_504_Issue_ET, 12.6.1_ExcelIssue_ET, 12.6(2)_Permalink_ET, 12.6.2_CSCwk19536_ET, 12.6.2_CSCwm96922_ET, 12.6.2_Amq_OOS_ET, 12.5(2)ET_CSCwi79933, 12.6(2)_ET, 12.6.2_CSCwn48501_ET, 14SU3a, 11.6(1)_ES84, 11.5(1)_ES54, 11.5(1)_ES27, 11.5(1)ES36, 12.0(1)_ES01, 11.6(1)_ES85, 12.5(1)_ES05, 11.5(1)_ES32, 11.6(1)_ES83, 11.5(1)_ES29, 12.0(1)_ES06, 12.0(1)_ES07, 11.6(1)_ES80, 12.0(1)_ES05, 11.5(1)_ES36, 11.5(1)_ES53, 12.5(1)_ES08, 11.5(1)ES43, 12.0(1)_ES03, 11.6(1)_ES86, 12.0(1)_ES04, 11.5(1)ES27, 12.5(1)_ES03, 11.6(1)_ES88, 12.5(1)_ES06, 11.6(1)_ES82, 11.5(1)ES29, 12.5(1)_ES04, 12.5(1)_ES07, 11.6(1)_ES87, 11.6(1)_ES81, 11.6(1)_ES22, 11.5(1)_ES43, 11.5(1)ES32, 12.0(1)_ES02, 12.5(1)_ES02, 12.5(1)_ES09, 12.6(1)_ES01, 12.0(1)_ES08, 12.5(1)_ES10, 12.6(1)_ES02, 12.5(1)_ES11, 12.5(1)_ES12, 12.6(1)_ES03, 12.5(1)_ES13, 12.5(1)_ES14, 12.6(1)_ES04, 12.6(1)_ES05, 12.5(1)_ES15, 12.6(1)_ES06, 12.5(1)_ES16, 12.5(1)_SU_ES01, 12.6(1)_ES07, 12.5(1)_ES17, 12.6(1)_ES08, 12.6(1)_ES09, 12.6(1)_ES10, 12.5(1)_SU_ES02, 12.6(2)_ES01, 12.6(2)_ET01, 12.5(2)_ET, 12.6(2)_ES02, 12.6(2)_ET_Streaming, 12.6(2)ET_Transcribe, 12.6(2)_ES03, 12.6(2)ET_NuanceMix, 12.6(2)ET_FileUpload, 12.6(2)_ET02, 12.6(2)_ES04, 12.6.2ET_RTPfallback, 12.6.2ET_CSCwf55306, 12.6.2_ET_CSCwj36712, 12.5.2 ET-CSCwj33374, 12.5(1) SU ET, 12.6(2)ET_CSCwj87296, 12.6(2)_ES05, 12.5.2_ET_CSCvz27014, 12.6.2-ET, 12.6(2)ET_CSCwk83135, 12.6.2_ET_CX_ALAW, 12.6.2-ET01-SSL, 12.6(2)_ES06