CVE-2020-3280
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.071 · 94 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the Java Remote Management Interface of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (Unified CCX) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious serialized Java object to a specific listener on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user on an affected device.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Unified Contact Center Expresscisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9–10
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (4)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- cisco unified contact center express12.0 → 12.0\(1\)es03nvdUScpe:2.3:a:cisco:unified_contact_center_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- cisco-sa-uccx-rce-GMSC6RKNCisco Unified Contact Center Express Remote Code Execution Vulnerability2020-05-20csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the Java Remote Management Interface of Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (Unified CCX) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious serialized Java object to a specific listener on an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code as the root user on 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-uccx-rce-GMSC6RKN ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-uccx-rce-GMSC6RKN"]
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/46748cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3280cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-uccx-rce-GMSC6RKNcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Cisco-Unified-Contact-Center-Express-code-execution-via-Java-Deserialization-32319cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1799/cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-uccx-rce-GMSC6RKNenisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-uccx-rce-GMSC6RKNVendor Advisorynvd
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