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CVE-2019-9971

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0270%

EPSS Percentile19.35th

PublishedJun 7, 2022

Last ModifiedNov 21, 2024

Vulnerability Description

PhoneSystem Terminal in 3CX Phone System (Debian based installation) 16.0.0.1570 allows an attacker to gain root privileges by using sudo with the tcpdump command, without a password. This occurs because the -z (aka postrotate-command) option to tcpdump can be unsafe when used in conjunction with sudo.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

💻

3cx

Phone System Firmware

= 16.0.0.1570

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Debian

Debian Linux

All versions

References & Advisories

🔗 https://www.gosecure.net/blog

🔗 https://www.gosecure.net/blog/2022/05/31/security-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-impact-3cx-phone-system/

🔗 https://www.securusglobal.com/community/2014/03/17/how-i-got-root-with-sudo/

🔗 https://www.gosecure.net/blog

🔗 https://www.gosecure.net/blog/2022/05/31/security-advisory-multiple-vulnerabilities-impact-3cx-phone-system/

🔗 https://www.securusglobal.com/community/2014/03/17/how-i-got-root-with-sudo/

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