Cisco TelePresence TC/TE prior TC 6.3.1/TC 7.1.1 tshell code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco TelePresence TC and TE. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component tshell. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-2170. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco TelePresence TC and TE (Unified Communication Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component tshell. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco TelePresence TC Software 4.x and 5.x before 5.1.7 and 6.x before 6.0.1 and TE Software 4.x and 6.0 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands by using the commands as arguments to tshell (aka tcsh) scripts, aka Bug ID CSCue60202.

The weakness was shared 04/30/2014 with Cisco as cisco-sa-20140430-tcte as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-2170 since 02/25/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 73916 (Cisco TelePresence TC and TE Software Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20140430-tcte)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 42437 (Cisco TelePresence TC and TE Software Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20140430-tcte)).

Upgrading to version TC 6.3.1 or TC 7.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92933), Tenable (73916), SecurityFocus (BID 67170†), Secunia (SA58156†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030181†). tools.cisco.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-13128, VDB-13127, VDB-13126 and VDB-13125 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Cisco TelePresence TC up to 7.1.1
  • Cisco TelePresence TE up to 6.3.0

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 73916
Nessus Name: Cisco TelePresence TC and TE Software Multiple Vulnerabilities (cisco-sa-20140430-tcte)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: TelePresence TC/TE TC 6.3.1/TC 7.1.1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20140430-tcte
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-2170 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2170
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13124

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X-Force: 92933 - Cisco TelePresence TC Software tshell command execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 67170 - Cisco TelePresence TC and TE Software Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 58156 - Cisco TelePresence TC / TE Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030181 - Cisco TelePresence TC and TE Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Deny Service and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 44445 - [cisco-sa-20140430-tcte] Cisco TelePresence TC and TE Remote tshell Commands Injection Vulnerability - CVE-2014-2170, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/01/2014 23:44
Updated: 05/12/2026 16:31
Changes: 05/01/2014 23:44 (85), 05/27/2017 12:28 (3), 06/19/2021 09:35 (3), 05/12/2026 16:31 (15)
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