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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Nortel CS1000 4.50. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Nortel Communication Server 1000 4.50.x allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands to gain privileges, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 04/14/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6578 since 04/01/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (41803).

Productinfo

Vendor

• Nortel

Name

• CS1000

Version

• 4.50

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 8.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

04/08/2008 🔍
04/11/2008 +3 days 🔍
04/14/2008 +3 days 🔍
04/14/2008 +0 days 🔍
04/15/2008 +0 days 🔍
04/01/2009 +351 days 🔍
04/01/2009 +0 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +2176 days 🔍
11/03/2018 +1327 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: nortel-canada.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2008-6578 (🔍)
X-Force: 41803 - Nortel Communication Server exchange mechanism command execution
SecurityTracker: 1019849
SecurityFocus: 28691 - Nortel Networks Communication Server 1000 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29747 - Nortel Networks Communication Server Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 44375 - Nortel Networks Communication Server 1000 Multiple Unspecified Command Injection

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 11/03/2018 18:09
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (58), 11/03/2018 18:09 (7)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 13:175:103

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