Cisco Unity Connection Improper Access Control (cisco-sa-ucm-access-dMKvV2DY)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163083

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The version of Cisco Unity Connection installed on the remote host is 14.x prior to 14SU2. It is, therefore, affected by an improper access control vulnerability. An authenticated attacker with read-only privileges can exploit this vulnerability to perform a set of administrative actions they should not be able to.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCwc12673

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163083

File Name: cisco-sa-ucm-access-dMKvV2DY.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Family: CISCO

Published: 7/13/2022

Updated: 3/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-20859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:unity_connection

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco VOSS Unity

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-20859

CWE: 284

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-ucm-access-dMKvV2DY

IAVA: 2022-A-0266

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCwc12673

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