CVE-2013-6685

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-11-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The firmware on Cisco Unified IP phones 8961, 9951, and 9971 uses weak permissions for memory block devices, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting a device with a setuid file in its filesystem, aka Bug ID CSCui04382.

Affected products

Cisco Unified Ip Phone 8961: all versions
Cisco Unified Ip Phone 9951: all versions
Cisco Unified Ip Phone 9971: all versions
Cisco Unified Ip Phone Firmware: all versions

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6685
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-6685

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