CVE-2025-20275

Code execution via crafted AEF file deserialization

Published Jun 4, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Insecure deserialization in Cisco Unified CCX Editor before 15.0(1) allows attackers to execute code when a local user opens a crafted .aef file. The Editor's file-opening path deserializes Java objects from the untrusted file; Cisco has not published the deserialization call or missing safeguard. Exploitation requires user interaction and runs code with the privileges of the user who launched the Editor, limiting impact to that user's context.

CVSS severity5.3
Medium
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
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Summary

What happened

Insecure deserialization in Cisco Unified CCX Editor before 15.0(1) allows attackers to execute code when a local user opens a crafted .aef file. The Editor's file-opening path deserializes Java objects from the untrusted file; Cisco has not published the deserialization call or missing safeguard. Exploitation requires user interaction and runs code with the privileges of the user who launched the Editor, limiting impact to that user's context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-20275
Published
Jun 4, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
ClamAV
Product
Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
Classifications
CWE-502, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.0(1)SU1
  2. Affected versionversion=10.0(1)SU1ES04
  3. Affected versionversion=10.5(1)
  4. Affected versionversion=10.5(1)SU1
  5. Affected versionversion=10.5(1)SU1ES10
  6. Affected versionversion=10.6(1)
  7. Affected versionversion=10.6(1)SU1
  8. Affected versionversion=10.6(1)SU2
  9. Affected versionversion=10.6(1)SU2ES04
  10. Affected versionversion=10.6(1)SU3
  11. Affected versionversion=10.6(1)SU3ES01
  12. Affected versionversion=10.6(1)SU3ES02
  13. Affected versionversion=10.6(1)SU3ES03
  14. Affected versionversion=11.0(1)SU1
  15. Affected versionversion=11.0(1)SU1ES02
  16. Affected versionversion=11.0(1)SU1ES03
  17. Affected versionversion=11.5(1)ES01
  18. Affected versionversion=11.5(1)SU1
  19. Affected versionversion=11.5(1)SU1ES01
  20. Affected versionversion=11.5(1)SU1ES02
  21. Affected versionversion=11.5(1)SU1ES03
  22. Affected versionversion=11.6(1)
  23. Affected versionversion=11.6(1)ES01
  24. Affected versionversion=11.6(1)ES02
  25. Affected versionversion=11.6(2)
  26. Affected versionversion=11.6(2)ES01
  27. Affected versionversion=11.6(2)ES02
  28. Affected versionversion=11.6(2)ES03
  29. Affected versionversion=11.6(2)ES04
  30. Affected versionversion=11.6(2)ES05
  31. Affected versionversion=11.6(2)ES06
  32. Affected versionversion=11.6(2)ES07
  33. Affected versionversion=11.6(2)ES08
  34. Affected versionversion=12.0(1)
  35. Affected versionversion=12.0(1)ES01
  36. Affected versionversion=12.0(1)ES02
  37. Affected versionversion=12.0(1)ES03
  38. Affected versionversion=12.0(1)ES04
  39. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)
  40. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)ES01
  41. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)ES02
  42. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)ES03
  43. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU01_ES01
  44. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU01_ES02
  45. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU01_ES03
  46. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU02_ES01
  47. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU02_ES02
  48. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU02_ES03
  49. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU02_ES04
  50. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU03_ES01
  51. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU03_ES02
  52. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU03_ES03
  53. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU03_ES04
  54. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU03_ES05
  55. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)_SU03_ES06
  56. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)SU1
  57. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)SU2
  58. Affected versionversion=12.5(1)SU3
  59. Affected versionversion=8.5(1)
  60. Affected versionversion=9.0(2)SU3ES04

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

ClamAV · Cisco Unified Contact Center Expressversion=10.0(1)SU1; version=10.0(1)SU1ES04; version=10.5(1); version=10.5(1)SU1; version=10.5(1)SU1ES10; version=10.6(1); version=10.6(1)SU1; version=10.6(1)SU2; version=10.6(1)SU2ES04; version=10.6(1)SU3; version=10.6(1)SU3ES01; version=10.6(1)SU3ES02; version=10.6(1)SU3ES03; version=11.0(1)SU1; version=11.0(1)SU1ES02; version=11.0(1)SU1ES03; version=11.5(1)ES01; version=11.5(1)SU1; version=11.5(1)SU1ES01; version=11.5(1)SU1ES02; version=11.5(1)SU1ES03; version=11.6(1); version=11.6(1)ES01; version=11.6(1)ES02; version=11.6(2); version=11.6(2)ES01; version=11.6(2)ES02; version=11.6(2)ES03; version=11.6(2)ES04; version=11.6(2)ES05; version=11.6(2)ES06; version=11.6(2)ES07; version=11.6(2)ES08; version=12.0(1); version=12.0(1)ES01; version=12.0(1)ES02; version=12.0(1)ES03; version=12.0(1)ES04; version=12.5(1); version=12.5(1)ES01; version=12.5(1)ES02; version=12.5(1)ES03; version=12.5(1)_SU01_ES01; version=12.5(1)_SU01_ES02; version=12.5(1)_SU01_ES03; version=12.5(1)_SU02_ES01; version=12.5(1)_SU02_ES02; version=12.5(1)_SU02_ES03; version=12.5(1)_SU02_ES04; version=12.5(1)_SU03_ES01; version=12.5(1)_SU03_ES02; version=12.5(1)_SU03_ES03; version=12.5(1)_SU03_ES04; version=12.5(1)_SU03_ES05; version=12.5(1)_SU03_ES06; version=12.5(1)SU1; version=12.5(1)SU2; version=12.5(1)SU3; version=8.5(1); version=9.0(2)SU3ES04

Published CVSS scores

5.3CiscoCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:X/RC:X

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data
T1204.002User Execution: Malicious File

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