CVE-2019-15986

Cisco Unity Express Command Injection Vulnerability

MEDIUM
6.7
CVSS Score
Published: November 26, 2019 at 03:42 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorUnity Express

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Severity
MEDIUM6.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Unity Express could allow an authenticated, local attacker to inject arbitrary commands that are executed with root privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid administrator credentials. The vulnerability is due to improper input validation for certain CLI commands that are executed on a vulnerable system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to the system and sending crafted CLI commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system and elevate privileges to root.

Affected

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

v < 10.1
Affected range stops below 10.1, 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
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78CWE-20

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