CVE-2022-20752 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-20752: Cisco Unified Communications Products Timing Attack Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Unified Communications Manager
Weakness CWE-208
Published July 6, 2022
Last update November 1, 2024

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to perform a timing attack. This vulnerability is due to insufficient protection of a system password. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by observing the time it takes the system to respond to various queries. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to determine a sensitive system password.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 6, 2022 CVE published
November 1, 2024 Record updated