CVE-2003-0983

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-01-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cisco Unity on IBM servers is shipped with default settings that should have been disabled by the manufacturer, which allows local or remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via (1) a "bubba" local user account, (2) an open TCP port 34571, or (3) when a local DHCP server is unavailable, a DHCP server on the manufacturer's test network.

Affected products

Cisco 80-7111-01 For The Unity-Svrx255-1A: all versions
Cisco 80-7112-01 For The Unity-Svrx255-2A: all versions

References

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20031210-unity.shtml
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20031210-unity.shtml

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