CVE-2019-15288

Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint, TelePresence Codec, and RoomOS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 26, 2019 at 03:11 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:20 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorRoomosTelepresence Collaboration EndpointTelepresence Codec

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE), Cisco TelePresence Codec (TC), and Cisco RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to escalate privileges to an unrestricted user of the restricted shell. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including specific arguments when opening an SSH connection to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unrestricted user access to the restricted shell of an affected device.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2019-09-drop1
Affected range stops below 2019-09-drop1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 7.3.19
Affected range stops below 7.3.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 9.8.1
Affected range stops below 9.8.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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