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Improper Authentication

CVE-2012-0333

Medium
5/10

Summary

Cisco Small Business IP phones with SPA 500 series firmware 7.4.9 and earlier do not require authentication for Push XML requests, which allows remote attackers to make telephone calls via an XML document, aka Bug ID CSCts08768.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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  • Published