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CVE-2019-12622

Cisco RoomOS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

4.1 Medium

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.26%Unchanged since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.1

Cisco RoomOS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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.

Record
CVE-2019-12622
CVSS 3.0
4.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-275
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-4213 4.1

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.

Record
EUVD-2019-4213
CVSS 3.0
4.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cw6x-mqv8-rmmr No score

A vulnerability in Cisco RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to write...

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.

Record
GHSA-cw6x-mqv8-rmmr
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 5.5

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.

Record
CVE-2019-12622
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.0
4.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-275
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliases, publishedEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-12622 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.1) in Cisco Roomos, published August 21, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 18th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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