Vulnerability Intelligence Report
Cisco Unified Communications Products Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2025-20112
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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
5.1
MEDIUM
Exploitability:0.8
Impact Score:4.3
EPSS Probability:0.12%
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Attack Surface
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Authentication
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-268 ↗Privilege Chaining
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Emergency Responder | 12.5(1a) (affected), 12.5(1)SU1 (affected), 12.5(1) (affected), 12.5(1)SU2 (affected), 12.5(1)SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU4 (affected), 14 (affected), 12.5(1)SU5 (affected), 14SU1 (affected), 12.5(1)SU6 (affected), 14SU2 (affected), 12.5(1)SU7 (affected), 14SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU8 (affected), 12.5(1)SU8a (affected), 12.5(1)SU8b (affected), 14SU3a (affected), 15 (affected), 15SU1 (affected), 15SU1a (affected), 14SU4 (affected), 12.5(1)SU9 (affected) |
| Cisco | Cisco Finesse | 11.0(1)ES_Rollback (affected), 10.5(1)ES4 (affected), 11.6(1)ES3 (affected), 11.0(1)ES2 (affected), 12.0(1)ES2 (affected), 10.5(1)ES3 (affected), 11.0(1) (affected), 11.6(1)FIPS (affected), 11.6(1)ES4 (affected), 11.0(1)ES3 (affected), 10.5(1)ES6 (affected), 11.0(1)ES7 (affected), 11.5(1)ES4 (affected), 10.5(1)ES8 (affected), 11.5(1) (affected), 11.6(1) (affected), 10.5(1)ES10 (affected), 11.6(1)ES2 (affected), 11.6(1)ES (affected), 11.0(1)ES6 (affected), 11.0(1)ES4 (affected), 12.0(1) (affected), 11.6(1)ES7 (affected), 10.5(1)ES7 (affected), 11.6(1)ES8 (affected), 11.5(1)ES1 (affected), 11.6(1)ES1 (affected), 11.5(1)ES5 (affected), 11.0(1)ES1 (affected), 10.5(1) (affected), 11.6(1)ES6 (affected), 10.5(1)ES2 (affected), 12.0(1)ES1 (affected), 11.0(1)ES5 (affected), 10.5(1)ES5 (affected), 11.5(1)ES3 (affected), 11.5(1)ES2 (affected), 10.5(1)ES9 (affected), 11.6(1)ES5 (affected), 11.6(1)ES9 (affected), 11.5(1)ES6 (affected), 10.5(1)ES1 (affected), 12.5(1) (affected), 12.0(1)ES3 (affected), 11.6(1)ES10 (affected), 12.5(1)ES1 (affected), 12.5(1)ES2 (affected), 12.0(1)ES4 (affected), 12.5(1)ES3 (affected), 12.0(1)ES5 (affected), 12.5(1)ES4 (affected), 12.0(1)ES6 (affected), 12.5(1)ES5 (affected), 12.5(1)ES6 (affected), 12.0(1)ES7 (affected), 12.6(1) (affected), 12.5(1)ES7 (affected), 11.6(1)ES11 (affected), 12.6(1)ES1 (affected), 12.0(1)ES8 (affected), 12.5(1)ES8 (affected), 12.6(1)ES2 (affected), 12.6(1)ES3 (affected), 12.6(1)ES4 (affected), 12.6(1)ES5 (affected), 12.5(2) (affected), 12.5(1)_SU (affected), 12.5(1)SU (affected), 12.6(1)ES6 (affected), 12.5(1)SU ES1 (affected), 12.6(1)ES7 (affected), 12.6(1)ES7_ET (affected), 12.6(2) (affected), 12.6(1)ES8 (affected), 12.6(1)ES9 (affected), 12.6(2)ES1 (affected), 12.6(1)ES10 (affected), 12.5(1)SU ES2 (affected), 12.6(1)ES11 (affected), 12.6(2)ES2 (affected), 12.6(2)ES3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU ES3 (affected), 12.6(2)ES4 (affected), 12.6(2)ES6 (affected) |
| Cisco | Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment | 11.5(1) (affected), 11.0(1a) (affected), 11.5(1)SU1 (affected), 10.5(3) (affected), 12.6(1) (affected), 11.0(1) (affected), 11.6(2) (affected), 12.1(1) (affected), 12.0(1a) (affected), 11.5(3) (affected), 10.5(1) (affected), 12.5(1) (affected), 11.5(2) (affected), 11.6(1) (affected), 10.5(2) (affected), 10.5(3)SU1 (affected), 14 (affected), 14SU1 (affected), 14SU2 (affected), 14SU3 (affected), 15 (affected), 15SU1 (affected), 14SU4 (affected) |
| Cisco | Cisco SocialMiner | 12.5(1)ES01 (affected), 10.5(1) (affected), 11.6(1) (affected), 10.6(1) (affected), 12.0(1)ES04 (affected), 10.6(2) (affected), 12.5(1) (affected), 11.6(2) (affected), 12.0(1) (affected), 12.0(1)ES02 (affected), 11.0(1) (affected), 11.5(1) (affected), 11.5(1)SU1 (affected), 12.0(1)ES03 (affected), 12.5(1)SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU1 (affected), 12.5(1)SU2 (affected) |
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Communications Manager | 12.5(1)SU2 (affected), 12.5(1)SU1 (affected), 12.5(1) (affected), 12.5(1)SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU4 (affected), 14 (affected), 12.5(1)SU5 (affected), 14SU1 (affected), 12.5(1)SU6 (affected), 14SU2 (affected), 12.5(1)SU7 (affected), 12.5(1)SU7a (affected), 14SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU8 (affected), 12.5(1)SU8a (affected), 15 (affected), 15SU1 (affected), 14SU4 (affected), 14SU4a (affected), 15SU1a (affected), 12.5(1)SU9 (affected) |
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service | 12.5(1) (affected), 12.5(1)SU1 (affected), 12.5(1)SU2 (affected), 12.5(1)SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU4 (affected), 14 (affected), 12.5(1)SU5 (affected), 14SU1 (affected), 12.5(1)SU6 (affected), 14SU2 (affected), 14SU2a (affected), 12.5(1)SU7 (affected), 14SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU8 (affected), 15 (affected), 15SU1 (affected), 14SU4 (affected), 12.5(1)SU9 (affected) |
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Contact Center Express | 10.5(1)SU1 (affected), 10.6(1) (affected), 11.6(1) (affected), 10.6(1)SU1 (affected), 10.6(1)SU3 (affected), 11.6(2) (affected), 12.0(1) (affected), 10.0(1)SU1 (affected), 11.0(1)SU1 (affected), 11.5(1)SU1 (affected), 10.5(1) (affected), 12.5(1) (affected), 12.5(1)SU1 (affected), 12.5(1)SU2 (affected), 12.5(1)SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU03_ES01 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU03_ES02 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU02_ES03 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU02_ES04 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU02_ES02 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU01_ES02 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU01_ES03 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU02_ES01 (affected), 11.6(2)ES07 (affected), 11.6(2)ES08 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU01_ES01 (affected), 12.0(1)ES04 (affected), 12.5(1)ES02 (affected), 12.5(1)ES03 (affected), 11.6(2)ES06 (affected), 12.5(1)ES01 (affected), 12.0(1)ES03 (affected), 12.0(1)ES01 (affected), 11.6(2)ES05 (affected), 12.0(1)ES02 (affected), 11.6(2)ES04 (affected), 11.6(2)ES03 (affected), 11.6(2)ES02 (affected), 11.6(2)ES01 (affected), 10.6(1)SU3ES03 (affected), 11.0(1)SU1ES03 (affected), 10.6(1)SU3ES01 (affected), 10.5(1)SU1ES10 (affected), 10.0(1)SU1ES04 (affected), 11.5(1)SU1ES03 (affected), 11.6(1)ES02 (affected), 11.5(1)ES01 (affected), 9.0(2)SU3ES04 (affected), 10.6(1)SU2 (affected), 10.6(1)SU2ES04 (affected), 11.6(1)ES01 (affected), 10.6(1)SU3ES02 (affected), 11.5(1)SU1ES02 (affected), 11.5(1)SU1ES01 (affected), 8.5(1)SU4ES09 (affected), 8.5(1) (affected), 11.0(1)SU1ES02 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU03_ES03 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU03_ES04 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU03_ES05 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU03_ES06 (affected) |
| Cisco | Cisco Unified Intelligence Center | 11.6(1) (affected), 10.5(1) (affected), 11.0(1) (affected), 11.5(1) (affected), 12.0(1) (affected), 12.5(1) (affected), 11.0(2) (affected), 12.6(1) (affected), 12.5(1)SU (affected), 12.6(1)_ET (affected), 12.6(1)_ES05_ET (affected), 11.0(3) (affected), 12.6(2) (affected), 12.6(2)_504_Issue_ET (affected), 12.6.1_ExcelIssue_ET (affected), 12.6(2)_Permalink_ET (affected), 12.6.2_CSCwk19536_ET (affected), 12.6.2_CSCwm96922_ET (affected), 12.6.2_Amq_OOS_ET (affected), 12.5(2)ET_CSCwi79933 (affected), 12.6(2)_ET (affected), 12.6.2_CSCwn48501_ET (affected) |
| Cisco | Cisco Unity Connection | 12.5(1) (affected), 12.5(1)SU1 (affected), 12.5(1)SU2 (affected), 12.5(1)SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU4 (affected), 14 (affected), 12.5(1)SU5 (affected), 14SU1 (affected), 12.5(1)SU6 (affected), 14SU2 (affected), 12.5(1)SU7 (affected), 14SU3 (affected), 12.5(1)SU8 (affected), 14SU3a (affected), 12.5(1)SU8a (affected), 15 (affected), 15SU1 (affected), 14SU4 (affected), 12.5(1)SU9 (affected) |
| Cisco | Cisco Virtualized Voice Browser | 11.0(1) (affected), 11.6(1)_ES84 (affected), 11.5(1)_ES54 (affected), 11.5(1)_ES27 (affected), 11.5(1) (affected), 11.5(1)ES36 (affected), 12.0(1)_ES01 (affected), 11.6(1)_ES85 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES05 (affected), 11.5(1)_ES32 (affected), 11.6(1)_ES83 (affected), 11.5(1)_ES29 (affected), 12.0(1)_ES06 (affected), 12.5(1) (affected), 12.0(1)_ES07 (affected), 11.6(1)_ES80 (affected), 12.0(1)_ES05 (affected), 11.5(1)_ES36 (affected), 11.5(1)_ES53 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES08 (affected), 11.5(1)ES43 (affected), 12.0(1)_ES03 (affected), 11.6(1)_ES86 (affected), 12.0(1)_ES04 (affected), 11.5(1)ES27 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES03 (affected), 11.6(1)_ES88 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES06 (affected), 11.6(1)_ES82 (affected), 11.6(1) (affected), 11.5(1)ES29 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES04 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES07 (affected), 11.6(1)_ES87 (affected), 11.6(1)_ES81 (affected), 12.0(1) (affected), 11.6(1)_ES22 (affected), 11.5(1)_ES43 (affected), 11.5(1)ES32 (affected), 12.0(1)_ES02 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES02 (affected), 12.6(1) (affected), 12.5(1)_ES09 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES01 (affected), 12.0(1)_ES08 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES10 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES02 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES11 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES12 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES03 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES13 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES14 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES04 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES05 (affected), 12.5(1)_ES15 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES06 (affected), 12.6(1)_ET (affected), 12.5(1)_ES16 (affected), 12.5(1)SU (affected), 12.5(1)_SU (affected), 12.5(1)_SU_ES01 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES07 (affected), 12.6(2) (affected), 12.5(1)_ES17 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES08 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES09 (affected), 12.6(1)_ES10 (affected), 12.5(1)_SU_ES02 (affected), 12.6(2)_ES01 (affected), 12.6(2)_ET01 (affected), 12.5(2)_ET (affected), 12.6(2)_ES02 (affected), 12.6(2)_ET_Streaming (affected), 12.6(2)ET_Transcribe (affected), 12.6(2)_ES03 (affected), 12.6(2)ET_NuanceMix (affected), 12.6(2)ET_FileUpload (affected), 12.6(2)_ET02 (affected), 12.6(2)_ES04 (affected), 12.6.2ET_RTPfallback (affected), 12.6.2ET_CSCwf55306 (affected), 12.6.2_ET_CSCwj36712 (affected), 12.5.2 ET-CSCwj33374 (affected), 12.5(1) SU ET (affected), 12.6(2)ET_CSCwj87296 (affected), 12.6(2)_ES05 (affected), 12.5.2_ET_CSCvz27014 (affected), 12.6(2)_ET (affected), 12.6.2-ET (affected), 12.6(2)ET_CSCwk83135 (affected), 12.6.2_ET_CX_ALAW (affected), 12.6.2-ET01-SSL (affected), 12.6(2)_ES06 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
0.123%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Cisco Systems, Inc. · Hosted Service · USA |
| Reserved | 2024-10-10T19:15:13 |
| Published | 2025-05-21T16:19:24 |
| Last Updated | 2026-02-26T18:28:03 |
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