Unified Communications Domain ManagerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2014-3281
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 · uneditedThe web framework in VOSS in Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager (CDM) does not properly implement access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive user information by visiting an unspecified BVSMWeb web page, aka Bug IDs CSCun46071 and CSCun46101.
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 confidenceThe VOSS web framework in Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager (CDM) has an improper access control implementation, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to access sensitive user information by visiting a specific BVSMWeb web page. This is an information disclosure vulnerability stemming from broken access controls.
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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
Unified Communications Domain 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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Confirm Cisco CDM is runningIdentify if Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager is deployed in your environment. Check running services or consult your asset inventory for systems running the CDM product.Affected if Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager is installed and running
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Locate the BVSMWeb endpointAccess the web interface of your CDM installation and navigate to or attempt to access the BVSMWeb path (typically found under the CDM web administration interface).Affected if The BVSMWeb application endpoint is accessible on the CDM server
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Test unauthenticated access to user dataWithout providing any login credentials, attempt to access the BVSMWeb page that exposes user information. Observe whether the page loads and displays sensitive user data without requiring authentication.Affected if The BVSMWeb page displays sensitive user information without requiring any authentication credentials
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Verify access control configurationReview the access control settings for the BVSMWeb application within the CDM administration console. Check if there are any rules permitting unauthenticated access to user information pages.Affected if Access controls are missing or misconfigured, allowing unauthenticated access to user data
If Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager is running and the BVSMWeb endpoint is accessible without authentication, exposing sensitive user information, the environment is affected by this CVE.
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 CSCun46071 and CSCun46101). If no patch is available, restrict network access to the CDM management interface and review access control configurations for the BVSMWeb application.
Fix this in Unified Communications Domain Manager
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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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