CVE-2019-9971 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in 3CX Phone System (Debian based installation) version 16.0.0.1570. It allows an authenticated attacker to gain root privileges by exploiting an unsafe use of the tcpdump command with sudo. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
16.0.0.1570CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:3cx:phone_system_firmware:16.0.0.1570:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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