RCE in Poly Cx5100
CVE-2021-37145
A command-injection vulnerability in an authenticated Telnet connection in Poly (formerly Polycom) CX5500 and CX5100 1.3.5 leads an attacker to Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution capability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.020 (79.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Poly Cx5100
- Poly Cx5100_firmware — versions 1.3.5
- Poly Cx5500
- Poly Cx5500_firmware — versions 1.3.5
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-37145?
- CVE-2021-37145 is a high-severity vulnerability in Poly Cx5100, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-09-07.
- How severe is CVE-2021-37145?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-37145 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.