Cisco Virtual TelePresence Server Software does not properly restrict use of the serial port, which allows local users to execute arbitrary OS commands as root by leveraging vSphere controller administrative privileges, aka Bug ID CSCus61123.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0660
Reference (s):
- CISCO:20150312 Cisco Virtual TelePresence Server Serial Console Privileged Access
- URL: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0660
- SECTRACK:1031924
- URL: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031924