CVE-2012-6610

published 2020-01-28

CVE-2012-6610: Polycom HDX Video End Points before 3.0.4 and UC APL before 2.7.1.J allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as demonstrated by a…

Priority P2 66 high 8.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR L UI N S U C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

Polycom HDX Video End Points before 3.0.4 and UC APL before 2.7.1.J allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands as demonstrated by a ; (semicolon) to the ping command feature.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
polycom	hdx_video_end_points	< 3.0.4	3.0.4
polycom	uc_apl	< 2.7.1.j	2.7.1.j

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

command ping ; <arbitrary command>↗

port telnet (23)↗

• → Detect OS command injection via semicolon delimiter in the ping command on Polycom HDX Command Shell (telnet service) ↗
• → Monitor for simultaneous/concurrent telnet connections to Polycom HDX endpoints, which can trigger authentication bypass on the Command Shell service ↗
• → Alert on unauthenticated telnet sessions to Polycom HDX devices running software versions 3.0.5 and earlier ↗

• · The auth bypass requires simultaneous connections; single sequential connections may not trigger the vulnerability ↗
• · Command injection (ping semicolon) applies only to versions prior to 3.0.4; the auth bypass affects versions up to and including 3.0.5 ↗
• · UC APL variant has a different patched version threshold (2.7.1.J) compared to standard HDX endpoints (3.0.4) ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 8.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 9.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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