CVE-2019-12622

lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.003 · 18 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (18th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in Cisco RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write files to the underlying filesystem with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient permission restrictions on a specific process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected device with remote support credentials and initiating the specific process on the device and sending crafted data to that process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write files to the underlying file system with root privileges.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedCisco RoomOS Softwarecisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
FixedCisco TelePresence CE Softwarecisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.04.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.04.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 0.5 · impact 3.6

v3.04.1mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

v3.14.1mediumAV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-275USCWE-275US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Cisco Cisco RoomOS Softwareall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco TelePresence CE Softwareall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco TelePresence CE Softwareunspecified → ce-9.7.3enisa_euvdEU
Cisco Systems Inc. RoomOS≤ 9.7.2fstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. RoomOS9.7.3 → 9.8.0fstec_bduRU
Cisco Systems Inc. Telepresence Integrator C Seriesall versionsfstec_bduRU
cisco roomos≤ 9.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:roomos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco roomos< 9.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:roomos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco roomos9.7.3 → 9.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:roomos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco telepresence codec c40 firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:telepresence_codec_c40_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco telepresence codec c60 firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:telepresence_codec_c60_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco telepresence codec c90 firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:cisco:telepresence_codec_c90_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

cisco-sa-20190821-roomos-privescCisco RoomOS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2019-08-21csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in Cisco RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write files to the underlying filesystem with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient permission restrictions on a specific process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected device with remote support credentials and initiating the specific process on the device and sending crafted data to that process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write files to the underlying file system with root privileges. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. 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-20190821-roomos-privesc ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-roomos-privesc"]

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cisco_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2019-08-21modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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