Communication Manager Local Administrator PrivEsc

published 2018-09-27 8y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7482

cvss: 6.3; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability in the local system administration component of Avaya Aura Communication Manager can allow an authenticated, privileged user on the local system to gain root privileges. Affected versions include 6.3.x and all 7.x version prior to 7.1.3.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

avaya aura_communication_manager 7.1.3.1

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Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.0	6.7	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

Avaya Communication Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References

downloads.avaya.com /css/P8/documents/101052550
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-15611
NVD CVE-2018-15611

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