CVE-2013-5534 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2013-5534?

CVE-2013-5534 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Unity Connection, published on 19 Oct 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the attachment service in the Voice Message Web Service (aka VMWS or Cisco Unity Web Service) in Cisco Unity Connection allows remote authenticated users to create files, and consequently execute arbitrary JSP code, via a crafted pathname for a file that is not a valid audio file, aka Bug ID CSCuj22948.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5534?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Unity Connection.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5534?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5534 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2013-5534 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5534 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Unity Connection

• CVE-2014-3333 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2012-0366 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.0
• CVE-2026-20034 Cisco Unity Connection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability High 8.8
• CVE-2012-3060 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2012-0367 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8

All Cisco Unity Connection vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-vcw6-982v-mjmw.