CVE-2015-4685
Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager (aka RPRM) before 8.4 allows local users with access to the plcm account to gain privileges via a…
- 7.0HighCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 32% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager (aka RPRM) before 8.4 allows local users with access to the plcm account to gain privileges via a script in /var/polycom/cma/upgrade/scripts, related to a sudo misconfiguration.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager < 8.4 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 37449webapps, hardwarepublished 30 Jun 2015Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 37449 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 20150626 SEC Consult SA-20150626-0 :: Critical vulnerabilities in Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager (RPRM) allow surveillance on conferences (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132463/Polycom-RealPresence-Resource-Manager-RPRM-Disclosure-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20150626 SEC Consult SA-20150626-0 :: Critical vulnerabilities in Polycom RealPresence Resource Manager (RPRM) allow surveillance on conferences (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 37449 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 75432 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://support.polycom.com/global/documents/support/documentation/Security_Center_Post_for_RPRM_CVEs.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-4704 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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