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CVE-2018-15430

Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: Oct 5, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20
7.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.9%
Top 14.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A vulnerability in the administrative web interface of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code with user-level privileges on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the content of upgrade packages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious archive to the Upgrade page of the administrative web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code with user-level privileges on the underlying operating system.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-20

Affected Products

Cisco
commercial·USaka cisco systems inc., cisco systems
Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS)
Networking Infrastructure
telepresence video communication server
Networking Infrastructure

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041784
securitytracker.com
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-express-vcs-rce
tools.cisco.com

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