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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2015-4221

Medium
4/10

Summary

Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service 9.1(1) does not properly restrict access to encrypted passwords, which allows remote attackers to determine cleartext passwords, and consequently execute arbitrary commands, by visiting an unspecified web page and then conducting a decryption attack, aka Bug ID CSCuq46194.

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

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published