Vulnerability · Published Oct 2, 2024 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2024-20492Cisco Expressway Series Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Medium 6.0
In plain English
A medium-severity command injection in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the restricted shell of Cisco Expressway Series could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection attacks on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have Administrator-level credentials with read-write privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a series of crafted CLI commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted shell and gain root privileges on the underlying operating system of the affected device. Note: Cisco Expressway Series refers to Cisco Expressway Control (Expressway-C) devices and Cisco Expressway Edge (Expressway-E) devices.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway | X8.11.2X8.6X8.11.3X8.2.2X8.8.3X8.11.0X12.5.2X8.1.1 |
Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N