CVE-2013-5528

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Tomcat administrative web interface in Cisco Unified Communications Manager allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in an unspecified input string, aka Bug ID CSCui78815.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7/8/9 - Directory Traversal EDB-40887 · webapps · Dec 7, 2016

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7/8/9 - Directory Traversal http/cves/2013/CVE-2013-5528.yaml

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

References

40887 exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/140071/Cisco-Unified-Communications-Manager-7-8-9-Directory-Traversal.html
98336 vdb-entry
62960 vdb-entry
20131010 Cisco Unified Communications Manager Administrative Web Interface Directory Traversal Vulnerability vendor-advisory