CVE-2019-15962

Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint Software Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: October 16, 2019 at 06:36 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
15 products affected across 1 vendorTelepresence Collaboration EndpointWebex Board 70Webex Board 55

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write files to the /root directory of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper permission assignment. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in as the remotesupport user and writing files to the /root directory of an affected device.

Affected

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

cisco-webex-board-55 (environment) · cisco-webex-board-55s (environment) · cisco-webex-board-70 (environment) · cisco-webex-board-70s (environment) · cisco-webex-board-85s (environment) · cisco-webex-room-55 (environment) · cisco-webex-room-55-dual (environment) · cisco-webex-room-70-dual (environment) · cisco-webex-room-70-dual-g2 (environment) · cisco-webex-room-70-single (environment) · cisco-webex-room-70-single-g2 (environment) · cisco-webex-room-kit (environment) · cisco-webex-room-kit-mini (environment)
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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 automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-275CWE-276

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