Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint < 9.8.1 Audio Eavesdropping Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 131075

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, the Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) software is a version prior to 9.8.1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability in the CLI which could allow an authenticated, local attacker to enable audio recording without notifying users.

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint software version 9.8.1 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b1ad98cc

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvq29891

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 131075

File Name: cisco-sa-20191106-telece-ros-eve.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 11/15/2019

Updated: 2/6/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15967

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:cisco:telepresence_ce

Required KB Items: Cisco/TelePresence_MCU/Device, Cisco/TelePresence_MCU/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15967