Cisco Security Advisory
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A vulnerability in Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view system files.
The vulnerability is due to insufficient path traversal prevention. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted URL. An exploit could allow the attacker to view system files.
Cisco has confirmed the vulnerability in a security notice; however, software updates are not available.
To exploit the vulnerability, the attacker may provide a link that directs a user to a malicious site and use misleading language or instructions in an attempt to persuade a user to follow the malicious link.
Customers are advised to review the bug report in the Vendor Announcements section for a current list of affected versions.
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Cisco has released a security notice for bug ID CSCud51034 at the following link: CVE-2013-1156
Vulnerable Products
At the time this alert was first published, Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution version 9.0 is vulnerable. Later versions of Cisco Prime Central for Hosted Collaboration Solution may also be affected.Products Confirmed Not Vulnerable
No other Cisco products are currently known to be affected by these vulnerabilities.
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Administrators are advised to contact the vendor regarding future updates and releases.
Users are advised not to open e-mail messages from suspicious or unrecognized sources. If users cannot verify that links or attachments included in e-mail messages are safe, they are advised not to open them.
Administrators are advised to monitor affected systems.
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Software updates are not available.
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The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) is not aware of any public announcements or malicious use of the vulnerability that is described in this advisory.
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To learn about Cisco security vulnerability disclosure policies and publications, see the Security Vulnerability Policy. This document also contains instructions for obtaining fixed software and receiving security vulnerability information from Cisco.
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Show LessVersion Description Section Status Date 1.0 Initial Release NA Final 2013-May-01
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