Unified Web And E Mail Interaction ManagerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2015-4299
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 Web and E-Mail Interaction Manager 9.0(2) improperly performs authorization, which allows remote authenticated users to remove default messaging-queue system folders via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCuo89046.
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 confidenceThis is an authorization flaw in Cisco Unified Web and E-Mail Interaction Manager 9.0(2) where authenticated users can improperly remove default messaging-queue system folders. The vulnerability allows any low-privileged authenticated user to delete critical system folders that should be protected, potentially disrupting email and messaging services.
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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 Web And E Mail Interaction ManagerApplication
= 9.0\(2\)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
- Single
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
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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Verify the installed version of Cisco Unified Web and E-Mail Interaction ManagerLocate the installed product version through the software inventory, about page, or version command for the Cisco Unified Web and E-Mail Interaction Manager installationAffected if The installed version is exactly 9.0(2)
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Confirm presence of messaging-queue system foldersAccess the system folder configuration or file system where default messaging-queue system folders are stored, and verify they existAffected if Critical messaging-queue system folders are missing or have been deleted from their expected default locations
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Review user role permissions for system folder accessExamine the role-based access control (RBAC) configuration for user roles, specifically checking whether low-privileged or non-admin authenticated users have delete or modify permissions on system foldersAffected if Low-privileged authenticated user roles are granted delete permissions on messaging-queue system folders
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Check for recent unauthorized system folder deletionsAudit system logs, folder modification logs, or deletion history for messaging-queue system folders to identify any deletion events performed by non-admin accountsAffected if System folder deletion events were performed by authenticated users without administrative privileges
A user is affected if they have Cisco Unified Web and E-Mail Interaction Manager version 9.0(2) installed and low-privileged authenticated users can delete or have deleted messaging-queue system folders.
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 vendor patch for Bug ID CSCuo89046 when available, and verify that system folders are protected from deletion by non-admin users through proper role-based access controls.
Fix this in Unified Web And E Mail Interaction Manager
Scoped from the published advisory
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-4299 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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