Cisco Unified IP Phone 8900/9900 Series Insecure File Permissions (CVE-2013-6685)

medium Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502125

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The firmware on Cisco Unified IP phones 8961, 9951, and 9971 uses weak permissions for memory block devices, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting a device with a setuid file in its filesystem, aka Bug ID CSCui04382.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 502125

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 3/18/2024

Updated: 3/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6685

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/h:cisco:unified_ip_phone_8961, cpe:/h:cisco:unified_ip_phone_9951, cpe:/h:cisco:unified_ip_phone_9971

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Cisco

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6685

CWE: 264

Detections

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