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CVE-2018-15381

Cisco Unity Express Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability

Published: Nov 8, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-502
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
87.3%
Top 0.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A Java deserialization vulnerability in Cisco Unity Express (CUE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the root user. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious serialized Java object to the listening Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with root privileges.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-502

Affected Products

Cisco Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka cisco, cisco systems
unity express
Networking Infrastructure
Cisco Unity Express
Networking Infrastructure
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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105876
securityfocus.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042130
securitytracker.com
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181107-cue
tools.cisco.com

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