Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2019-12324 lets a highly privileged, authenticated attacker on the same network abuse an Akuvox R50P phone’s web configuration interface to run operating-system commands. The business risk is compromise of VoIP endpoints that may sit on sensitive internal networks.
Executive priority
Treat this as a high-priority internal exposure issue for VoIP environments. It is not currently evidenced as mass exploited in the supplied sources, but successful abuse could give an insider or credentialed attacker command execution on phone infrastructure.
Technical view
The issue is command injection caused by missing input validation in the logging server IP address field on Akuvox R50P firmware 50.0.6.156. The CVSS 3.0 score is 7.2, with network attack vector, high privileges required, and high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where Akuvox R50P VoIP phones running firmware 50.0.6.156 have their web administration interface reachable from internal networks or management VLANs. The provided affected-product metadata is incomplete, so verify actual device models and firmware locally.
Exploitation context
The source states exploitation requires an authenticated remote attacker in the same network. The CVE is not listed as KEV in the supplied bundle, and no provided source states active exploitation in the wild.
Researcher notes
The core condition is authenticated command injection through a configuration POST path tied to the logging server IP field. The CVE record provides no CWE and the normalized affected-product fields are empty, so validation should rely on device inventory, firmware evidence, and the Fraunhofer advisory.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Akuvox R50P phones and identify firmware 50.0.6.156 or related unsupported builds.
- Restrict web administration to trusted management networks or VPN access only.
- Review vendor guidance for firmware updates or supported remediation before applying changes.
- Rotate and harden administrator credentials for affected phone management interfaces.
- Monitor VoIP management interfaces for unexpected configuration changes.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether any Akuvox R50P devices run firmware 50.0.6.156.
- Verify the web configuration interface is not reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review administrative logs for suspicious logging-server configuration changes.
- Check asset records for phones outside managed network segments.
- Document whether vendor remediation guidance is available for each affected device.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.2 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
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CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N1.25.9Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
7.2HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.sit.fraunhofer.de/fileadmin/dokumente/CVE/Advisory_Akuvox_R50P.pdfCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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