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Cisco Meeting Server Command Injection Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the CLI command-parsing code of Cisco Meeting Server could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection and escalate their privileges to root.
Threat ID:
CC-1614
Category:
Threat Severity:
Low
Threat Vector:
Exploit
Published:
31 August 2017 12:00 AM
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Summary

A vulnerability in the CLI command-parsing code of Cisco Meeting Server could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform command injection and escalate their privileges to root.

Affected platforms

The following platforms are known to be affected:

Cisco Meeting Server

Cisco Meeting Server software versions 2.2 and earlier

Threat details

The attacker must first authenticate to the application with valid administrator credentials.

The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input at the CLI for certain commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the affected application and submitting a crafted CLI command for execution at the Cisco Meeting Server CLI. An exploit could allow the attacker to perform command injection and escalate their privilege level to root.

Remediation steps

Type Step

Currently no workarounds exist for this vulnerability.

Users and administrators are encouraged to regularly review the following Cisco security advisory and apply the necessary updates when they become available:

  • cisco-sa-20170823-cms

Last edited: 17 February 2020 11:28 am