Cisco Unity Connection path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Cisco Unity Connection. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-2145. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cisco Unity Connection (Unified Communication Software) (affected version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the messaging API in Cisco Unity Connection allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via vectors related to unenforced access constraints for .wav files and the audio/x-wav MIME type, aka Bug ID CSCun91071.

The weakness was disclosed 04/05/2014 with Cisco as CSCun91071 as confirmed security notice (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-2145 since 02/25/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/09/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 66676†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/25/2014 🔍
04/04/2014 +38 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +353 days 🔍
05/09/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCun91071
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-2145 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2145
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66872
SecurityFocus: 66676 - Cisco Unity Connection CVE-2014-2145 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/09/2026 20:23
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (47), 03/08/2019 17:10 (5), 05/09/2026 20:23 (17)
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