Cisco Unified Communications Manager WAR File improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager. This impacts an unknown function of the component WAR File Handler. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-0725. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified Communication Software) (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component WAR File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM) does not require authentication for reading WAR files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified access to a "file storage location," aka Bug ID CSCum05337.

The weakness was disclosed 02/12/2014 with Cisco as CSCum05337 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-0725 since 01/02/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91069) and SecurityFocus (BID 65518†). The entries VDB-12306 and VDB-12305 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCum05337
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-0725 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0725
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12307
X-Force: 91069 - Cisco Unified Communications Manager WAR information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 65518 - Cisco Unified Communications Manager 'WAR' File Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/14/2014 09:45
Updated: 03/30/2019 11:15
Changes: 02/14/2014 09:45 (42), 03/30/2019 11:15 (18)
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