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Plantronics Hub - Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

A local privilege-escalation vulnerability exists in the Plantronics Hub for Windows client application. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.

Severity

High

Advisory ID

PLYAP19-08

Initial public release

8/30/2019

Last update

3/7/2022

Category

Poly

Summary

CVE 2019-15742

A local privilege-escalation vulnerability exists in the Poly Plantronics Hub before 3.14 for Windows client application. A local attacker can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges.

Relevant Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) List

Poly would like to thank Markus Krell from NTT Ltd. for reporting security vulnerabilities to us and for their coordinated disclosure.

List of CVE IDs

CVE ID

CVS 3.0

Severity

Vector

CVE-2019-15742

7.8

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Learn more about CVSS 3.0 base metrics, which range from 0 to 10.

Resolution

Poly recommends customers upgrade to firmware build 3.14 or later.

There is no workaround.

Affected products

Identify the affected products for this issue.

List of products

Product

Firmware

Fix

Plantronics Hub Desktop Application (Windows)

Prior to 3.14

Update Plantronics Hub for Windows version 3.14 or later

Revision history

This document has been revised according to the following information.

List of versions

Version

Description

Date

2.0

Format Changes

3/7/2022

1.0

Initial Release

8/30/2019

Additional information

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Third-party security patches

Third-party security patches that are to be installed on systems running Poly software products should be applied in accordance with the customer's patch management policy.

Contact

Any customer using an affected system who is concerned about this vulnerability within their deployment should contact Poly Technical Support(888) 248-4143, (916) 928-7561, or visit the Poly Support Site.

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