Privilege escalation in Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal

1) Privilege escalation

EUVDB-ID: #VU8565

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12214

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges ob the target system.

The weakness exists in the Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAMP) credential reset functionality for Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal (CVP) due to lack of proper input validation. A remote attacker can authenticate to the OAMP and send a specially crafted HTTP request to gain administrator privileges.

Mitigation

The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 11.5(1)SR0(13), 11.5(1)SR0(12), 11.0(1)SR0(27), 10.5(1)SR0(31).

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal: 10.5 - 11.5

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170920-cvp

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.