CVE-2020-3161 - Cisco Cisco IP Phones
AI Vulnerability ContextA vulnerability in the web server for Cisco IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web server of a tar...
Overview
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A vulnerability in the web server for Cisco IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web server of a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remotely execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a DoS condition.
Vulnerability status
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- CVE ID
- CVE-2020-3161
- Vendor/project
- Cisco
- Product
- Cisco IP Phones
- Vulnerability name
- Cisco IP Phones Web Server Remote Code Execution and Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Due date
- 2022-05-03
- Known ransomware campaign use
- Unknown
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
Exploit context
What the vulnerability is about.
A vulnerability in the web server for Cisco IP Phones could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input validation of HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the web server of a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to remotely execute code with root privileges or cause a reload of an affected IP phone, resulting in a DoS condition.
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