Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment Authenticated Directory Traversal Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Hosted Collaboration Mediation Fulfillment could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability allows the attacker to perform directory traversal.

The vulnerability is due to a lack of proper input verification and sanitization of the user input directory path. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. An exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the system that should be restricted.

Cisco has not released software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that address this vulnerability are not available.

This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831-hcm[“https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160831-hcm”]