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CVE-2019-12622: Cisco RoomOS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-08-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-275

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write files to the underlying filesystem with root privileges. The vulnerability is due to insufficient permission restrictions on a specific process. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by logging in to an affected device with remote support credentials and initiating the specific process on the device and sending crafted data to that process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to write files to the underlying file system with root privileges.

Affected products

• Cisco Roomos: through 9.7.2; from 9.7.3 (excl.) before 9.8.0 — fixed in 9.8.0
• Cisco Telepresence Codec C40 Firmware: all versions
• Cisco Telepresence Codec C60 Firmware: all versions
• Cisco Telepresence Codec C90 Firmware: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cisco Roomos 9.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-roomos-privesc
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190821-roomos-privesc

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