Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability exists because the application does not properly restrict the files that are being used for upgrades. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted upgrade file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid platform administrator credentials on an affected device.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Cisco Cisco Emergency Responder
12.5(1)SU4affected12.5(1)SU8aaffected14SU3affected
Cisco Cisco Unity Connection
12.5(1)SU6affected12.5(1)SU7affected12.5(1)SU8affected14SU2affected14SU3affected
Cisco Cisco Unified Communications Manager
12.5(1)SU8affected