CVE-2018-15381

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-15381
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-11-08 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:35:00 UTC
DescriptionA Java deserialization vulnerability in Cisco Unity Express (CUE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the root user. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious serialized Java object to the listening Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with root privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Unity Express All All All All
Application Cisco Unity Express All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Unity Express CVE-2018-15381 Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Unity Express Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
Cisco Unity Express Java Remote Method Invocation Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code with Root Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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