CVE-2005-2181

View on CVE.org

Published Jul 10, 2005 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cisco 7940/7960 Voice over IP (VoIP) phones do not properly check the Call-ID, branch, and tag values in a NOTIFY message to verify a subscription, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages such as the "Messages waiting" message.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ip_phone_7940_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7940:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ip_phone_7960_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7960:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.189% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112067698624686&w=2
http://pentest.tele-consulting.com/advisories/05_07_06_voip-phones.txt
http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Jul/1014406.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21260

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Cisco Ip Phone 7940 Ip Phone 7940 Firmware Ip Phone 7960 Ip Phone 7960 Firmware

Weaknesses

CWE-347

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:15 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 10, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:15 PM
Reserved: Jul 10, 2005, 12:00 AM

View source JSON

Vulnrichment No data

No data.

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:14 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jul 11, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:14 PM

View source JSON

Red Hat No data

No data.

OpenCVE enrichment No data

No data.

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2005-07-06T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Cisco 7940/7960 Voice over IP (VoIP) phones do not properly check the Call-ID, branch, and tag values in a NOTIFY message to verify a subscription, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages such as the \"Messages waiting\" message."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-07-10T14:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "1014406", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK"], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Jul/1014406.html"}, {"name": "20050706 VoIP-Phones: Weakness in proccessing SIP-Notify-Messages", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112067698624686&w=2"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://pentest.tele-consulting.com/advisories/05_07_06_voip-phones.txt"}, {"name": "sip-notify-message-spoof(21260)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21260"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2005-2181", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "Cisco 7940/7960 Voice over IP (VoIP) phones do not properly check the Call-ID, branch, and tag values in a NOTIFY message to verify a subscription, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages such as the \"Messages waiting\" message."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "1014406", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Jul/1014406.html"}, {"name": "20050706 VoIP-Phones: Weakness in proccessing SIP-Notify-Messages", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112067698624686&w=2"}, {"name": "http://pentest.tele-consulting.com/advisories/05_07_06_voip-phones.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://pentest.tele-consulting.com/advisories/05_07_06_voip-phones.txt"}, {"name": "sip-notify-message-spoof(21260)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21260"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T22:15:37.672Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "1014406", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_SECTRACK", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Jul/1014406.html"}, {"name": "20050706 VoIP-Phones: Weakness in proccessing SIP-Notify-Messages", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112067698624686&w=2"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://pentest.tele-consulting.com/advisories/05_07_06_voip-phones.txt"}, {"name": "sip-notify-message-spoof(21260)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21260"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2005-2181", "datePublished": "2005-07-10T04:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2005-07-10T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T22:15:37.672Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ip_phone_7940_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "D28EB68E-2F6D-4282-9498-2C2B9B5C8FB1", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}, {"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7940:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "8F5699B0-45CB-45DA-A52A-FA703DED2558", "vulnerable": false}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}], "operator": "AND"}, {"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ip_phone_7960_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "CE89E42C-CDC2-4504-9209-959412358487", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}, {"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:h:cisco:ip_phone_7960:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "CE8A58AD-C791-4803-91FA-7E197612A3C5", "vulnerable": false}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}], "operator": "AND"}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Cisco 7940/7960 Voice over IP (VoIP) phones do not properly check the Call-ID, branch, and tag values in a NOTIFY message to verify a subscription, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages such as the \"Messages waiting\" message."}], "id": "CVE-2005-2181", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:14:25.113", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 5.0, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 2.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2005-07-11T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Mailing List"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112067698624686&w=2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://pentest.tele-consulting.com/advisories/05_07_06_voip-phones.txt"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Jul/1014406.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21260"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Mailing List"], "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112067698624686&w=2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://pentest.tele-consulting.com/advisories/05_07_06_voip-phones.txt"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Jul/1014406.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21260"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-347"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}