Cisco Unified SIP Phone Test Interface access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Cisco Unified SIP Phone. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Test Interface. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-0721. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Unified SIP Phone (IP Phone Software) (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Test Interface. 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 Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3905 with firmware before 9.4(1) allows remote attackers to obtain root access via a session on the test interface on TCP port 7870, aka Bug ID CSCuh75574.

The weakness was released 02/19/2014 with Cisco as Alert ID 32841 as confirmed alert (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0721 since 01/02/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72724 (Unified SIP Phone 3905 Unauthorized Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at tools.cisco.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91190), Tenable (72724), SecurityFocus (BID 65663†), Secunia (SA56825†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43435†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 72724
Nessus Name: Unified SIP Phone 3905 Unauthorized Access
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Patch: tools.cisco.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: Alert ID 32841
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-0721 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0721
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12356
X-Force: 91190 - Cisco Unified SIP Phone unauthorized access, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 65663 - Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3905 CVE-2014-0721 Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
Secunia: 56825 - Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3905 Undocumented Test Interface Security Bypass Security Issue, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 43435 - [cisco-sa-20140219-phone] Cisco Unified SIP Phone 3905 Remote Host Privilege Vulnerability via TCP Packets - CVE-2014-0721, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 02/22/2014 14:52
Updated: 06/09/2021 16:10
Changes: 02/22/2014 14:52 (76), 05/22/2017 09:10 (1), 06/09/2021 16:10 (3)
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