Telepresence Video Communication Servers SoftwareApplication · Cisco
CVE-2012-5444
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) X7.0.3 does not properly process certain search rules, which allows remote attackers to create conferences via an unspecified Conductor request, aka Bug ID CSCub67989.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCisco TelePresence VCS X7.0.3 fails to properly process certain search rules, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to create conferences via specially crafted Conductor requests. This appears to be a logic flaw in how the VCS validates and processes search rule configurations from Conductor.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Telepresence Video Communication Servers SoftwareApplication
= x7.0.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed VCS software versionUse the VCS administrative interface or CLI command 'xstatus systemunit' to retrieve the exact software version running on the Cisco TelePresence VCSAffected if The version displayed is exactly X7.0.3 (the specific build number may vary but the major.minor.patch must match 7.0.3)
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Verify whether Conductor integration is enabledAccess the VCS admin UI and navigate to B2BUA > Conductor or check for Conductor-related configuration via CLI using 'show Conductor' or similar status commandsAffected if Conductor integration is enabled and the VCS is configured to accept search rules or conference requests from Conductor
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Inspect active search rule configurationsReview the search rules defined on the VCS via the web interface under 'Search rules' or using CLI commands such as 'show searchrules' to see which rules are activeAffected if There are search rules configured that accept requests from Conductor sources or wildcard patterns that could receive unauthenticated input
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Assess network accessibility of management interfacesDetermine if the VCS administrative ports (typically HTTPS admin port) and Conductor communication ports are exposed to untrusted networks by reviewing firewall rules, ACLs, or interface bindingsAffected if The VCS management or API interfaces are reachable from untrusted networks without IP-based access restrictions
A user is affected if the VCS runs exactly version X7.0.3, has Conductor integration enabled, and has search rules that could process requests from Conductor without proper validation, especially if the management interface is externally accessible.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade Cisco TelePresence VCS to a patched version beyond X7.0.3. As an interim control, restrict network access to the VCS and Conductor management interfaces to trusted IPs only.
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