CVE-2025-20112
Cisco Unified Communications Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
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.
Weakness: CWE-268
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Category | Matched by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Contact Center | Other Products | cna-assigner |
| Cisco | Cisco Emergency Responder | Other Products | cna-assigner |
| Cisco | Cisco Prime Infrastructure | Network & Security Management | cna-assigner |
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Communications Manager | Other Products | cna-assigner |
| Cisco | Cisco Unity Connection | Other Products | cna-assigner |
| Cisco | Cisco Virtualized Voice Browser | Other Products | cna-assigner |
Vendor-reported products (10)
- Cisco · Cisco Emergency Responder
- Cisco · Cisco Finesse
- Cisco · Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment
- Cisco · Cisco SocialMiner
- Cisco · Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- Cisco · Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service
- Cisco · Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
- Cisco · Cisco Unified Intelligence Center
- Cisco · Cisco Unity Connection
- Cisco · Cisco Virtualized Voice Browser
Vendor advisory
Cisco Unified Communications Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Cisco’s rating: Medium (advisory CVSS 5.1) · Published May 21, 2025
Bug IDs: CSCwi52980 , CSCwj78210 , CSCwj78211 , CSCwj78212 , CSCwj78213 , CSCwj78214 , CSCwj78215 , CSCwj78216 , CSCwj78217 , CSCwj78219
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