Cisco Unified CallManager CLI unauthorized command execution

cisco-calllmanager-cli-command-execution (27689) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Cisco Unified CallManager (CUCM) could allow a remote CUCM administrator to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper parsing of commands by the Command Line Interface (CLI). A remote CUCM administrator could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the base operating system with root privileges.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 2.9
  Access Vector: Local
  Access Complexity: Low
  Authentication: Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: Partial
 
Temporal Score: 2.1
  Exploitability: Unproven
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Cisco Unified CallManager (5.0(4) or later), as listed in Cisco Security Advisory cisco-sa-20060712-cucm. See References.

References:

  • cisco-sa-20060712-cucm: Cisco Security Advisory: Multiple Cisco Unified CallManager Vulnerabilities.
  • BID-18952: Cisco Unified CallManager Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-3592: Unspecified vulnerability in the command line interface (CLI) in Cisco Unified CallManager (CUCM) 5.0(1) through 5.0(3a) allows local users to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via unspecified vectors, involving certain CLI commands
  • OSVDB ID: 27160: Cisco Unified CallManager CLI Unspecified Arbitrary Command Execution
  • SA21030: Cisco Unified CallManager Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1016475: Cisco Unified CallManager Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-2774: Cisco Unified CallManager SIP Buffer Overflow and Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0(1)
  • Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0(2)
  • Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0(3)
  • Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0(3A)

Reported:

Jul 12, 2006

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