CVE-2025-20278 is a command injection vulnerability in the CLI of several Cisco Unified Communications products, including Cisco Unified Communications Manager and Cisco Unity Connection. An authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials can exploit this flaw by providing crafted command arguments, leading to arbitrary command execution as the root user on the underlying operating system. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.7, this vulnerability requires high privileges and local access, but has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5\(1\)CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:finesse:10.5\(1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5\(1\)_es1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:finesse:10.5\(1\)_es1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5\(1\)_es2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:finesse:10.5\(1\)_es2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5\(1\)_es3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:finesse:10.5\(1\)_es3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5\(1\)_es4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:finesse:10.5\(1\)_es4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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