CVE-2022-20752
MEDIUMCisco Unified Communications Manager 12.5(1) - Observable Timing Discrepancy
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ucm-timing-JVbHECOK
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0087
EPSS Percentile
53.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-208
CWE-203
Status
published
Products (2)
cisco/unified_communications_manager
12.5\(1\) - 12.5\(1\)su6 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/unity_connection
12.5\(1\) - 12.5\(1\)su6
Published
Jul 06, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026