Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series CVE-2012-5445 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:57090

Info

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series CVE-2012-5445 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 57090
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2012-5445
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 27 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:52AM
Credit: Ang Cui from Columbia University.
Vulnerable: Cisco Unified IP Phone 7975G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7971G - GE
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7970G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7962G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G-GE
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7961G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7945G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7942G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7941G-GE
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7941G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7931G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7911G
Cisco Unified IP Phone 7906
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series CVE-2012-5445 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 series is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges. Successful exploits will result in the complete compromise of the affected device.

This issue being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCuc83860

Exploit / POC

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series CVE-2012-5445 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series CVE-2012-5445 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

Cisco Unified IP Phone 7900 Series CVE-2012-5445 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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