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CVE-2018-15381
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-11-08T16:29:00.277 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:42:21.647

Summary

A Java deserialization vulnerability in Cisco Unity Express (CUE) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the root user. The vulnerability is due to insecure deserialization of user-supplied content by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious serialized Java object to the listening Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) service. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device with root privileges.

Affected products

cisco — unity_express

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References

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