CVE-2024-20492 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-20492: Cisco Expressway Series Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway
Weakness CWE-77
Published October 2, 2024
Last update October 2, 2024

CVSS base score

6.0/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 2, 2024 CVE published
October 2, 2024 Record updated