HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-2865

Unified Communications Manager Express vulnerability

CVSS
7.6
EPSS
5.5%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the login implementation in the Extension Mobility feature in the Unified Communications Manager Express (CME) component in Cisco IOS 12.4XW, 12.4XY, 12.4XZ, and 12.4YA allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via crafted HTTP requests, aka Bug ID CSCsq58779.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Unified Communications Manager Express
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2009-09-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-2865

  • Confirm whether Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-2865.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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