MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2017-6758

Unified Communications Manager vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
A vulnerability in the web framework of Cisco Unified Communications Manager 11.5(1.10000.6) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access arbitrary files in the context of the web root directory structure on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation by the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using directory traversal techniques to read files in the web root directory structure on the Cisco Unified Communications Manager filesystem. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve13796.
Affected vendor
Cisco
Affected product
Unified Communications Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2017-08-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-6758

  • Confirm whether Cisco Unified Communications Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-6758.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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