CVE-2025-20158 | Cisco Video Phone 8875 and Desk Phone 9800 Series Information Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the debug shell of Cisco Video Phone 8875 and Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series could allow an authenticated, local attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid administrative credentials with SSH access on the affected device. SSH access is disabled by default. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the debug shell of an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted SSH client command to the CLI. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to access sensitive information on the underlying operating system.

Published: 2025-02-19 Last update: 2025-12-15 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-20158 is rated Low Risk (19.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-20158

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.15% +0.10%
2 2025-02-20 0.04%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-20158

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
0.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-20158

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-20158

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco video_phone_8875_firmware < 3.3\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:video_phone_8875_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco desk_phone_9871_firmware < 3.3\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:desk_phone_9871_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco desk_phone_9841_firmware < 3.3\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:desk_phone_9841_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco desk_phone_9851_firmware < 3.3\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:desk_phone_9851_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco desk_phone_9861_firmware < 3.3\(1\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:desk_phone_9861_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-20158

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