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Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Privilege Escalation (cisco-sa-imp-inf-disc-cUPKuA5n)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 248555
Synopsis
The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.Description
According to its self-reported version, Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.- A vulnerability in multiple Cisco Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to excessive permissions that have been assigned to system commands.An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing crafted commands on the underlying operating system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted shell and gain root privileges on the underlying operating system of an affected device. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need administrative access to the ESXi hypervisor. (CVE-2025-20112)
Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.
Solution
Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug IDs CSCwj78217See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 248555
File Name: cisco-sa-cucm-kkhZbHR5_ucm_imp.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: CISCO
Published: 8/12/2025
Updated: 8/12/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-20112
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco Unified CM IM&P
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2025
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-20112