CVE-2015-4685

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-09-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager (aka RPRM) before 8.4 allows local users with access to the plcm account to gain privileges via a script in /var/polycom/cma/upgrade/scripts, related to a sudo misconfiguration.

Affected products

Polycom Realpresence Resource Manager: through 8.3.2

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132463/Polycom-RealPresence-Resource-Manager-RPRM-Disclosure-Traversal.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/81
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535852/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75432
https://support.polycom.com/global/documents/support/documentation/Security_Center_Post_for_RPRM_CVEs.pdf
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37449/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132463/Polycom-RealPresence-Resource-Manager-RPRM-Disclosure-Traversal.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jun/81
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535852/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75432
https://support.polycom.com/global/documents/support/documentation/Security_Center_Post_for_RPRM_CVEs.pdf
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37449/

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