A local privilege-escalation vulnerability exists in the Poly Plantronics Hub before 3.14 for Windows client application.

published 2020-01-16 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-6677

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 5.0%; EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits: 2; Metasploit, Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

plantronics plantronics_hub 3.14

Timeline

2019-08-30 First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/local/plantronics_hub_spokesupdateservice_privesc)
2020-01-16 Published

Exploit prediction

4.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Metasploit exploit/windows/local/plantronics_hub_spokesupdateservice_privesc Plantronics Hub SpokesUpdateService Privilege Escalation metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2019-08-30
EDB-47944 Plantronics Hub 3.13.2 - SpokesUpdateService Privilege Escalation (Metasploit) local, 2020-01-17
packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155952/Plantronics-Hub-SpokesUpdateService-Privilege-Escalation.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

packetstormsecurity.com /files/155952/Plantronics-Hub-SpokesUpdateService-Privilege-Escalation.html
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-15742
NVD CVE-2019-15742

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Summary