Unified Communications Domain ManagerApplication · Cisco
CVE-2017-6670
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 · uneditedA vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to redirect a user to a malicious web page, aka an Open Redirect issue. More Information: CSCvc54813. Known Affected Releases: 8.1(7)ER1.
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 confidenceAn open redirect vulnerability in the web-based GUI of Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager allows unauthenticated remote attackers to craft malicious URLs that redirect victims to attacker-controlled websites by manipulating redirect parameters in the application.
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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
= 8.1\(7\)er1CVSS 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
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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 Domain Manager is installedAccess the web-based management interface or check system inventory for the presence of Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager productAffected if The product Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager is running in the environment
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Determine the installed versionLog into the web-based GUI and navigate to the About or System Information page, or use the CLI command 'show version' if SSH access is available, to identify the exact software versionAffected if The installed version is exactly 8.1(7)er1
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Verify the web GUI is accessibleAttempt to access the management interface via HTTPS/HTTP on the standard management ports (typically 8443 or 443) to confirm the web interface is exposedAffected if The web-based GUI is accessible and responds to HTTP/HTTPS requests
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Test for open redirect vulnerability (optional)Craft a test URL by appending a redirect parameter pointing to an external domain (for example, ?redirect=http://example.com or similar parameter patterns used in the application) and observe if the application allows redirection to the external domain without validationAffected if The application redirects to the specified external URL without proper validation, indicating the open redirect vulnerability is present
The environment is affected if Cisco Unified Communications Domain Manager version 8.1(7)er1 is installed and its web-based GUI is accessible, allowing attacker-controlled redirect parameters to function.
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 (8.1(7)ER1 or later) when available. If no patch is immediately available, implement URL filtering at the network edge to block suspicious external redirect patterns and monitor for phishing attempts.
Fix this in Unified Communications Domain Manager
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