A vulnerability in the local system administration component of Avaya Aura Communication Manager can allow an authenticated, privileged user on the local system to gain root privileges. Affected versions include 6.3.x and all 7.x version prior to 7.1.3.1.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aura_communication_manager | Avaya | 6.3.0.1 (including) | 6.3.17.0 (including) |
| Aura_communication_manager | Avaya | 7.0 (including) | 7.1.3.1 (excluding) |
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: