Unified Communications ManagerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2014-0725
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 Unified Communications Manager (UCM) does not require authentication for reading WAR files, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified access to a "file storage location," aka Bug ID CSCum05337.
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 Unified Communications Manager contains an information disclosure vulnerability where the file storage location containing WAR files can be accessed without authentication. An unauthenticated remote attacker can retrieve these application archive files, potentially exposing sensitive application code, configurations, or credentials embedded within the WAR contents.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
Unified Communications ManagerApplication
all versionsCVSS 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
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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 Cisco UCM web interface exposureDetermine if the Cisco Unified Communications Manager web interface (typically ports 8443, 443, or 8080) is accessible from untrusted/network-external IP addresses using a port scan or firewall rules reviewAffected if The management interface is reachable from untrusted networks without VPN or ACL restrictions
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Check for unauthenticated access to file storage locationAttempt to access the UCM file storage URL path (commonly /ccmadmin/ or vendor-specific file repository paths) via HTTP/HTTPS without providing credentialsAffected if The file storage location returns WAR files or directory listings without requiring authentication
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Verify WAR file retrieval accessibilityAttempt to directly retrieve known WAR file paths (such as /ccmadmin/*.war or /tomcat/webapps/*.war) using curl or a browser without authenticationAffected if WAR application archive files can be downloaded without any login or authentication token
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Review network-level access controlsExamine firewall rules, ACLs, or network segmentation to determine if the UCM management ports are exposed to the internet or untrusted internal segmentsAffected if No network-level restrictions exist between untrusted networks and the UCM management interface ports
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Confirm UCM version and patch levelLog into the UCM admin interface and navigate to About Cisco Unified Communications Manager or check the installed version via CLI (show version) to identify the exact versionAffected if The installed version has not applied the Cisco patch for CSCum05337 (note: all versions prior to patch are affected)
The environment is affected if the UCM file storage location containing WAR files is accessible without authentication from an untrusted network, or if the specific vulnerable endpoint can be reached without credentials.
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 dataApply the Cisco patch for this vulnerability (refer to Cisco bug ID CSCum05337). If no patch is available, implement network-level access controls to restrict unauthorized access to the UCM file storage location and ensure the management interface is not exposed to untrusted networks.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-0725 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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