CVE-2025-20112

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 4 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.14% (4th) EPSS
CVSS 5.1 · medium
Is it mine?
410 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in multiple Cisco Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to excessive permissions that have been assigned to system commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted shell and gain root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need administrative access to the ESXi hypervisor.

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remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

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cvss

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

5.1
010

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

v3.15.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · psirt@cisco.com USexploitability 0.8 · impact 4.2
v3.14.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:Nsecondary · Cisco PSIRT US
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ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

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affected products (410)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-1116Cisco Unified Communications Produkte: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2025-05-21csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Prime Collaboration, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service, Cisco Unity Connection, Cisco Finesse, Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) und Cisco Unified Intelligence Center ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

  • cisco-sa-cucm-kkhZbHR5Cisco Unified Communications Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2025-05-21csaf · cisco_csafUS

    A vulnerability in multiple Cisco Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to excessive permissions that have been assigned to system commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted shell and gain root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need administrative access to the ESXi hypervisor. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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also known as (4)

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sources

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references (4)

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