Unified Communications Manager Im And Presence ServiceApplication · Cisco
CVE-2014-8000
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 IM and Presence Service 9.1(1) produces different returned messages for URL requests depending on whether a username exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate user accounts via a series of requests, aka Bug ID CSCur63497.
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 · high confidenceThe vulnerability allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames in Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service 9.1(1) by observing differential HTTP responses when requesting URLs with existing versus non-existing usernames. This information disclosure enables attackers to build a list of valid user accounts for subsequent attacks.
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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 Manager Im And Presence ServiceApplication
= 9.1\(1\)CVSS 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 Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service is installedLocate the application on the system or check installed software list for 'Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service'Affected if The product is not installed on the system
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Verify the installed version is 9.1(1)Check the installed version of Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service against version 9.1(1)Affected if The installed version is exactly 9.1(1)
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Test for differential HTTP response behaviorSend HTTP requests to the authentication endpoint with both a valid username and a non-existing username, then compare the HTTP response status codes, headers, or body content between the two requestsAffected if The responses differ between valid and invalid usernames, indicating username enumeration is possible
The system is affected if Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM and Presence Service version 9.1(1) is installed and returns different HTTP responses for existing versus non-existing usernames, allowing user enumeration.
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 dataImplement uniform error responses for all authentication-related requests regardless of username validity, and consider implementing rate limiting or account lockout policies to reduce enumeration attack surface.
Fix this in Unified Communications Manager Im And Presence Service
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