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CVE-2018-18568

Published: Oct 24, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-295
NVD MITRE
5.9CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 50.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Polycom VVX 500 and 601 devices 5.8.0.12848 and earlier allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive credential information by leveraging failure to validate X.509 certificates when used with an on-premise installation with Skype for Business.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-295

Affected Products

n/an/a
unified communications softwarepolycom
On-prem
Communications / video-conferencing
vvx 601 firmwarepolycom
On-prem
Communications / video-conferencing
vvx 500 firmwarepolycom
On-prem
Communications / video-conferencing
polycomcommercialUSCommunicationsaka polycom

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2018-027.txt
syss.de
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Oct/36
seclists.org

Timeline

Published
Oct 24, 2018
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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