CVE-2019-9972 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting 3CX Phone System (Debian-based installations) version 16.0.0.1570. An authenticated attacker can exploit a specific input mishandling within the PhoneSystem Terminal to execute arbitrary commands with phonesystem user privileges. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV) has been identified, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal, the potential for a remote, authenticated attacker to gain full system control remains significant.
| 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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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.