Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because the application does not properly restrict the files that are being used for upgrades. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted upgrade file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid platform administrator credentials on an affected device.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Affected products
- Cisco / Cisco Emergency Responder12.5(1)SU4 – 12.5(1)SU4
- Cisco / Cisco Emergency Responder12.5(1)SU8a – 12.5(1)SU8a
- Cisco / Cisco Emergency Responder14SU3 – 14SU3
- Cisco / Cisco Unified Communications Manager12.5(1)SU8 – 12.5(1)SU8
- Cisco / Cisco Unity Connection12.5(1)SU7 – 12.5(1)SU7
- Cisco / Cisco Unity Connection12.5(1)SU8 – 12.5(1)SU8
- Cisco / Cisco Unity Connection14SU2 – 14SU2
- Cisco / Cisco Unity Connection14SU3 – 14SU3
- Cisco / Cisco Unity Connection12.5(1)SU6 – 12.5(1)SU6