CVE-2020-3177 vulnerability in Cisco Products
Published on April 15, 2020
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Path Traversal Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the Tool for Auto-Registered Phones Support (TAPS) of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM) and Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (SME) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input to the TAPS interface of the affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted request to the TAPS interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files in the system.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
CVE-2020-3177 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2020-3177
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Affected Versions
Cisco Unified Communications Manager Version n/a is affected by CVE-2020-3177Exploit Probability
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