Absolute Path Traversal in Cisco IP Phone Software



Published: 2021-10-07
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2021-34711
CWE-ID CWE-36
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Cisco IP Conference Phone 7832
Hardware solutions / Office equipment, IP-phones, print servers

Cisco IP Conference Phone 8832
Hardware solutions / Office equipment, IP-phones, print servers

Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series
Hardware solutions / Office equipment, IP-phones, print servers

Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821
Hardware solutions / Office equipment, IP-phones, print servers

IP Phone 7800 Series
Other software / Other software solutions

Vendor Cisco Systems, Inc

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Absolute Path Traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU57111

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34711

CWE-ID: CWE-36 - Absolute Path Traversal

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A local user can provide a specially crafted input to a debug shell command and read arbitrary files on the system.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco IP Conference Phone 7832: 14.1

Cisco IP Conference Phone 8832: 14.1

IP Phone 7800 Series: 14.1

Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series: 14.1

Cisco Wireless IP Phone 8821: 11.0

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ipphone-arbfileread-NPdtE2Ow


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected device in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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