Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server X8.5.2 HTTP Request input validation

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6.3$5k-$25k0.00

A vulnerability was found in Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server X8.5.2 (Unified Communication Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway X8.5.2 improperly checks for a user account's read-only attribute, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands via crafted HTTP requests, as demonstrated by read or write operations on the Unified Communications lookup page, aka Bug ID CSCuv12552.

The weakness was disclosed 08/20/2015 as CSCuv12552 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-4328 since 06/04/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/12/2022).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

06/04/2015 🔍
08/18/2015 +75 days 🔍
08/19/2015 +1 days 🔍
08/20/2015 +1 days 🔍
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10/15/2015 +56 days 🔍
06/12/2022 +2432 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuv12552
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-4328 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1033329
Vulnerability Center: 53506 - Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Remote Security Bypass in Web Framework, Medium
SecurityFocus: 76399

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/20/2015 10:45
Updated: 06/12/2022 18:12
Changes: 08/20/2015 10:45 (56), 02/13/2018 07:42 (1), 06/12/2022 18:12 (3)
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