FKIE_CVE-2018-15430

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-10-05 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:42
Severity
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
psirt@cisco.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041784Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
psirt@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-express-vcs-rceVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041784Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-express-vcs-rceVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cisco telepresence_video_communication_server x7.2.4
cisco telepresence_video_communication_server x8.9.2
cisco telepresence_video_communication_server x8.10.4
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