Telepresence Collaboration EndpointApplication · Cisco
CVE-2022-20955
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMultiple vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) Software and Cisco RoomOS Software could allow an attacker to conduct path traversal attacks, view sensitive data, or write arbitrary files on an affected device. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMultiple vulnerabilities in Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) and RoomOS software allow authenticated attackers to conduct path traversal attacks, view sensitive data, and write arbitrary files to the filesystem of affected devices. These combined capabilities could enable full system compromise.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Telepresence Collaboration EndpointApplication
< 10.19.1
RoomosOperating system
all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the device product and softwareAccess the device admin interface or use CLI command 'xstatus systemunit' to determine if the device is running Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint (CE) or RoomOS softwareAffected if Device is identified as Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint or RoomOS
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Determine the installed software versionIn the device admin interface, navigate to Settings > System Information, or use CLI command 'systemunit --version' to retrieve the exact software version numberAffected if Version is below 10.19.1 for Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint, or any version number for Cisco RoomOS
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Verify web-based management is accessibleAttempt to access the device web interface at its IP address (https://<device-ip>) or check if HTTP/HTTPS services are listening using 'netstat' or similar network utilityAffected if The device web interface is reachable over the network (this is the attack vector for authenticated path traversal)
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Check for unauthorized file access or creationReview system logs under /var/log/ or via the device's logging interface for suspicious file operations, unusual path traversal patterns (../../), or unexpected file writesAffected if Logs show path traversal attempts or unauthorized file write operations to directories outside expected web application paths
Device is affected if it is Cisco TelePresence Collaboration Endpoint with version lower than 10.19.1, or any version of Cisco RoomOS, and has its web management interface network-accessible.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data10.19.1
Apply Cisco software updates when available; prior to patching, restrict network access to collaboration endpoints and disable unnecessary services to reduce attack surface.
Fix this in Telepresence Collaboration Endpoint
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation8.0 h
- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-20955 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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