Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the administrative web interface of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute code with user-level privileges on the underlying operating system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the content of upgrade packages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by uploading a malicious archive to the Upgrade page of the administrative web interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute code with user-level privileges on the underlying operating system. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-express-vcs-rce ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-express-vcs-rce"]
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-15430US | high7.2 | — | ||
A vulnerability in the administrative web interface of Cisco Expressway Series and Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker… | ||||
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- FixedCisco Expressway
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com - FixedCisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS)
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
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