VDB-11210 · CVE-2013-6685 · OSVDB 99751

Cisco Unified IP Phone 9900 up to 9.4.1 Permission access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Cisco Unified IP Phone 9900 up to 9.4.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Permission Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-6685. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified IP Phone 9900 up to 9.4.1 (IP Phone Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Permission Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The firmware on Cisco Unified IP phones 8961, 9951, and 9971 uses weak permissions for memory block devices, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting a device with a setuid file in its filesystem, aka Bug ID CSCui04382.

The weakness was published 11/12/2013 with Red Balloon Security as Cisco Unified IP Phone 8900/9900 Series Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability as confirmed alert (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-6685 since 11/07/2013. Local access is required to approach this attack. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (99751†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • up to 9900 Series 9.0.1
  • 8900 Series Unspecified Version

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/07/2013 🔍
11/12/2013 +5 days 🔍
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11/13/2013 +1 days 🔍
11/20/2013 +7 days 🔍
05/15/2018 +1637 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: Cisco Unified IP Phone 8900/9900 Series Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
Organization: Red Balloon Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-6685 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-6685
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11210
OSVDB: 99751

Entryinfo

Created: 11/20/2013 09:04
Updated: 05/15/2018 10:16
Changes: 11/20/2013 09:04 (51), 05/15/2018 10:16 (6)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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