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CVE-2003-0983

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

Cisco Unity on IBM servers is shipped with default settings that should have been disabled by the manufacturer, which allows local or remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via (1) a "bubba" local user account, (2) an open TCP port 34571, or (3) when a local DHCP server is unavailable, a DHCP server on the manufacturer's test network.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (2)

Cisco — 80-7111-01 FOR THE Unity-svrx255-1aCisco — 80-7112-01 FOR THE Unity-svrx255-2a

CWEs

References

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