CVE-2019-15962

mediumpriority · track · 18OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.26% (17th) EPSS

CVSS 6.6 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisco_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write files to the /root directory of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper permission assignment. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in as the remotesupport user and writing files to the /root directory of an affected device.

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

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

6.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 9.2

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.6

v3.04.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.04.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.6

v3.04.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US

v3.14.4mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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-276USprimaryCWE-275USCWE-275USCWE-276US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Cisco Cisco TelePresence CE Softwareall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco TelePresence TC Softwareall versionscisco_csafUS
Cisco Cisco TelePresence TC Softwareunspecified → n/aenisa_euvdEU
Cisco Systems Inc. TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE)≤ 9.8.1fstec_bduRU
cisco telepresence collaboration endpoint= 7.3.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_collaboration_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco telepresence collaboration endpoint= 8.3.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_collaboration_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco telepresence collaboration endpoint= 9.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_collaboration_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco telepresence collaboration endpoint= 9.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_collaboration_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco telepresence collaboration endpoint= 9.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:telepresence_collaboration_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

cisco-sa-20191016-tele-ce-filewriteCisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint Software Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability2019-10-16csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write files to the /root directory of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper permission assignment. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in as the remotesupport user and writing files to the /root directory of an affected device. 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-20191016-tele-ce-filewrite ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20191016-tele-ce-filewrite"]

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 2019-10-16modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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