Cisco 7910/7940/7960 Default Account improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco 7910, 7940 and 7960 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component Default Account. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2002-0881. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cisco 7910, 7940 and 7960 (the affected version is unknown). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Default Account. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cisco IP Phone (VoIP) models 7910, 7940, and 7960 use a default administrative password, which allows attackers with physical access to the phone to modify the configuration settings.

The bug was discovered 05/22/2002. The weakness was published 10/04/2002 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0881. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 135 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (9144), SecurityFocus (BID 4799†), OSVDB (15205†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20963†). Similar entry is available at VDB-18821. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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10/04/2002 +135 days 🔍
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02/18/2009 +2329 days 🔍
07/23/2014 +1981 days 🔍
08/27/2019 +1861 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0881 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0881
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18820
X-Force: 9144
SecurityFocus: 4799 - Cisco VoIP Phone Default Administrative Password Vulnerability
OSVDB: 15205 - Cisco - VoIP Phone - Access to Phone Configuration
Vulnerability Center: 20963 - Cisco IP Phone VoIP 7910, 7940, and 7960 Local Configuration Settings Modification Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/23/2014 11:33
Updated: 08/27/2019 17:47
Changes: 07/23/2014 11:33 (58), 08/27/2019 17:47 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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