CVE-2021-37145
A command-injection vulnerability in an authenticated Telnet connection in Poly (formerly Polycom) CX5500 and CX5100 1.3.5 leads an attacker to Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution capability.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.05%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A command-injection vulnerability in an authenticated Telnet connection in Poly (formerly Polycom) CX5500 and CX5100 1.3.5 leads an attacker to Privilege Escalation and Remote Code Execution capability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.05% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- poly/cx5500 firmware · poly/cx5100 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://support.polycom.com/content/dam/polycom-support/global/documentation/security-bulletin-cx5100-cx5500-authenticated-v1-0.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://support.polycom.com/content/support.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://support.polycom.com/content/dam/polycom-support/global/documentation/security-bulletin-cx5100-cx5500-authenticated-v1-0.pdfVendor Advisory
- https://support.polycom.com/content/support.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.