CVE-2014-0743 - Improper Authentication

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The Certificate Authority Proxy Function (CAPF) component in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) 10.0(1) and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and modify registered-device information via crafted data, aka Bug ID CSCum95468.

The Certificate Authority Proxy Function (CAPF) component in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) 10.0(1) and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and modify registered-device information via crafted data, aka Bug ID CSCum95468.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Demo Examples

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

The following code intends to ensure that the user is already logged in. If not, the code performs authentication with the user-provided username and password. If successful, it sets the loggedin and user cookies to "remember" that the user has already logged in. Finally, the code performs administrator tasks if the logged-in user has the "Administrator" username, as recorded in the user cookie.


               
}
}
ExitError("Error: you need to log in first");
);
);
DoAdministratorTasks();

Unfortunately, this code can be bypassed. The attacker can set the cookies independently so that the code does not check the username and password. The attacker could do this with an HTTP request containing headers such as:


               
[body of request]

By setting the loggedin cookie to "true", the attacker bypasses the entire authentication check. By using the "Administrator" value in the user cookie, the attacker also gains privileges to administer the software.

Improper Authentication

CWE-287

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-02-27 01:55:00

Last updated 9 years ago

2015-07-29 16:17:00

Affected Software

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 3.3(5)

3.3\(5\)

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 3.3(5) SR1

3.3\(5\)sr1

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 3.3(5) SR2a

3.3\(5\)sr2a

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.1(3)

4.1\(3\)

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.1(3) SR1

4.1\(3\)sr1

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.1(3) SR2

4.1\(3\)sr2

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.1(3) SR3

4.1\(3\)sr3

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.1(3) SR4

4.1\(3\)sr4

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.2

4.2

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.2.1

4.2.1

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.2.2

4.2.2

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.2.3

4.2.3

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.2.3 SR1

4.2.3sr1

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.2.3 SR2

4.2.3sr2

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.2.3 SR2b

4.2.3sr2b

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 4.3

4.3

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 10.0

10.0

Cisco Unified Communications Manager

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