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CVE-2020-16137 in the critical feed json

A privilege escalation issue in Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7937G 1-4-4-0 through 1-4-5-7 allows attackers to reset the credentials…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-8103

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
19.4%
EPSS 19.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

A privilege escalation issue in Cisco Unified IP Conference Station 7937G 1-4-4-0 through 1-4-5-7 allows attackers to reset the credentials for the SSH administrative console to arbitrary values. Note: We cannot prove this vulnerability exists. Out of an abundance of caution, this CVE is being assigned to better serve our customers and ensure all who are still running this product understand that the product is end of life and should be removed or upgraded. For more information on this, and how to upgrade, refer to the CVE’s reference information

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/admin/http/cisco_7937g_ssh_privesc)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

19.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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Sources

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