CVE-2021-1406: Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco Unified Communications Manager Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Summary

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• A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device.

  The vulnerability is due to improper inclusion of sensitive information in downloadable files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to an affected device and issuing a specific set of commands. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain hashed credentials of system users. To exploit this vulnerability an attacker would need to have valid user credentials with elevated privileges.

  There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

  This advisory is available at the following link:
  https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-cucm-inf-disc-wCxZNjL2

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Affected Products

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• At the time of publication, this vulnerability affected the following releases of Cisco Unified CM and Cisco Unified CM SME:

  • 10.5(2), all releases
  • 11.5(1), all releases
  • 12.0(1), all releases
  • 12.5(1), all releases

  See the Details section in the bug ID(s) at the top of this advisory for the most complete and current information.

  Only products listed in the Vulnerable Products section of this advisory are known to be affected by this vulnerability.

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Workarounds

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• There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

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Fixed Software

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• When considering software upgrades, customers are advised to regularly consult the advisories for Cisco products, which are available from the Cisco Security Advisories page, to determine exposure and a complete upgrade solution.

  In all cases, customers should ensure that the devices to be upgraded contain sufficient memory and confirm that current hardware and software configurations will continue to be supported properly by the new release. If the information is not clear, customers are advised to contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) or their contracted maintenance providers.

  Fixed Releases

  For information about fixed software releases, see the Details section in the bug ID(s) at the top of this advisory.

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Exploitation and Public Announcements

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• The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.

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Source

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• Cisco would like to thank Mohamed Sayed of IBM X-Force Red for reporting this vulnerability.

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Cisco Security Vulnerability Policy

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• To learn about Cisco security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Security Vulnerability Policy. This document also contains instructions for obtaining fixed software and receiving security vulnerability information from Cisco.

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Revision History

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• Version

  Description

  Section

  Status

  Date

  1.0

  Initial public release.

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  Final

  2021-APR-07

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