CVE-2020-27121

MEDIUM

Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P) Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause the Cisco XCP Authentication Service on an affected device to restart, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of login requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted client login request to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a process to crash, resulting in a DoS condition for new login attempts. Users who are authenticated at the time of the attack would not be affected. There are workarounds that address this vulnerability.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0115
EPSS Percentile 62.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-755 CWE-248
Status published
Products (1)
cisco/unified_communications_manager_im_and_presence_service 12.5\(1\)
Published Nov 06, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026