CVE-2023-29474 in OpenScape 4000 Platform
Summary
by MITRE • 04/07/2023
inventory in Atos Unify OpenScape 4000 Platform and OpenScape 4000 Manager Platform 10 R1 before 10 R1.34.4 allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary commands on the platform operating system and achieve administrative access, aka OSFOURK-23552.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 12/10/2025
The CVE-2023-29474 vulnerability represents a critical remote code execution flaw affecting Atos Unify OpenScape 4000 Platform and OpenScape 4000 Manager Platform versions 10 R1 through 10 R1.34.3. This vulnerability stems from insufficient input validation within the inventory management functionality of these telephony systems, creating an exploitable condition that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. The flaw specifically impacts the platform's ability to properly sanitize user-supplied input during inventory processing operations, enabling attackers to inject malicious commands that are subsequently executed with elevated privileges. This vulnerability falls under the CWE-77 attack pattern classification, which describes command injection vulnerabilities where untrusted data is incorporated into system commands without proper validation or sanitization.
The operational impact of this vulnerability extends far beyond simple remote code execution, as it provides attackers with administrative access to the entire platform infrastructure. Once exploited, the vulnerability allows threat actors to gain complete control over the affected systems, potentially enabling them to modify system configurations, extract sensitive data, install persistent backdoors, or use the compromised platform as a launch point for further attacks within the network perimeter. The unauthenticated nature of this vulnerability significantly amplifies its threat potential, as attackers can exploit it without requiring valid credentials, making detection and prevention particularly challenging. This weakness directly maps to the ATT&CK technique T1059.001 for Command and Scripting Interpreter, where adversaries leverage system command interfaces to execute malicious code.
The vulnerability's exploitation typically involves crafting specially formatted inventory requests that contain malicious command payloads, which are then processed by the vulnerable platform without adequate input validation. This allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms entirely and execute system commands with the privileges of the affected service account, often running with administrative or root-level permissions. The affected platforms operate in enterprise environments where telephony systems are often integrated with critical business infrastructure, making successful exploitation particularly dangerous. Organizations using these platforms are advised to implement immediate mitigations including applying the vendor-provided patches, network segmentation to limit access to these systems, and monitoring for suspicious command execution patterns. The vulnerability demonstrates the critical importance of input validation in security-critical applications and highlights the need for proper security testing of management interfaces in enterprise telephony systems.