Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series, IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Video Phone 8875 with SIP Firmware Information Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

5.3 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A vulnerability in the directory permissions of Cisco Desk Phone 9800 Series, Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series, and Cisco Video Phone 8875 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to write arbitrary files on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to a lack of proper authentication controls. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform arbitrary file writes to specific directories in the underlying operating system. Note: To exploit this vulnerability, Web Access must be enabled on the phone. Web Access is disabled by default.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-phone-write-g3kcC5Df

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Affected Software

Cisco Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Software

Vulnerable Versions:

12.1(1)SR1, 11.5(1), 10.3(2), 10.2(2), 10.3(1), 10.3(1)SR4, 11.0(1), 10.4(1)SR2 3rd Party, 11.7(1), 12.1(1), 11.0(0.7) MPP, 9.3(4) 3rd Party, 12.5(1)SR2, 10.2(1)SR1, 9.3(4)SR3 3rd Party, 10.2(1), 12.5(1), 10.3(1)SR2, 11-0-1MSR1-1, 10.4(1) 3rd Party, 12.5(1)SR1, 11.5(1)SR1, 10.1(1)SR2, 12.0(1)SR2, 12.6(1), 10.3(1.11) 3rd Party, 12.0(1), 12.0(1)SR1, 9.3(3), 12.5(1)SR3, 10.3(1)SR4b, 9.3(4)SR1 3rd Party, 10.3(1)SR5, 10.1(1.9), 10.3(1.9) 3rd Party, 9.3(4)SR2 3rd Party, 10.3(1)SR1, 10.3(1)SR3, 10.1(1)SR1, 12.0(1)SR3, 12.6(1)SR1, 12.7(1), 10.3(1)SR6, 12.8(1), 12.7(1)SR1, 11.0(2)SR1, 11.0(4), 11.0(2), 11.0(4)SR3, 11.0(5), 11.0(3)SR2, 11.0(3)SR4, 11.0(3)SR3, 11.0(2)SR2, 11.0(4)SR1, 11.0(5)SR3, 11.0(3), 11.0(5)SR2, 11.0(3)SR6, 11.0(5)SR1, 11.0(4)SR2, 11.0(3)SR1, 11.0(3)SR5, 11.0(6), 12.8(1)SR1, 12.8(1)SR2, 14.0(1), 14.0(1)SR1, 11.0(6)SR1, 10.3(1)SR7, 14.0(1)SR2, 14.1(1), 14.0(1)SR3, 11.0(6)SR2, 14.1(1)SR1, 14.1(1)SR2, 11.0(6)SR4, 14.2(1), 14.2(1)SR1, 11.0(6)SR5, 14.1(1)SR3, 14.2(1)SR2, 3.1(1), 3.0(1), 2.3(1), 2.3(1)SR1, 2.2(1), 2.1(1), 2.0(1), 14.2(1)SR3, 3.1(1)SR1, 14.3(1), 3.2(1), 14.3(1)SR1, 14.2(1)SR4, 11.0(6)SR6