CVE-2007-5637

high

Description

The Nortel UNIStim IP Softphone 2050, IP Phone 1140E, and additional Nortel products from the IP Phone, Business Communications Manager (BCM), and other product lines allow remote attackers to eavesdrop on the physical environment via an Open Audio Stream message that enables "surveillance mode." NOTE: issues relating to a small ID number space can be leveraged to make this attack easier.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37255

http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2007/42/022870-01.pdf

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482478/100/0/threaded

http://www.csnc.ch/static/advisory/csnc/nortel_IP_phone_surveillance_mode_v1.0.txt

http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=654714

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3272

http://secunia.com/advisories/27234

http://osvdb.org/41769

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-10-23

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10274