What is CVE-2019-15962?

CVE-2019-15962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Telepresence Tc Software, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2019-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-15962?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cisco Telepresence Tc Software

CVE-2019-15962

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write files to the /root directory of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper permission assignment. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in as the remotesupport user and writing files to the /root directory of an affected device.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Cisco Telepresence Tc Software — versions unspecified
Cisco Telepresence_collaboration_endpoint — versions 7.3.18, 8.3.7, 9.6.4
Cisco Webex_board_55
Cisco Webex_board_55s
Cisco Webex_board_70
Cisco Webex_board_70s
Cisco Webex_board_85s
Cisco Webex_room_55
Cisco Webex_room_55_dual
Cisco Webex_room_70_dual

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

psirt@cisco.com (x_refsource_CISCO, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15962?: CVE-2019-15962 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Telepresence Tc Software, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2019-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-15962?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.