The Nortel UNIStim IP Softphone 2050, IP Phone 1140E, and additional Nortel products from the IP Phone, Business Communications Manager (BCM), and other product lines allow remote attackers to eavesdrop on the physical environment via an Open Audio Stream message that enables "surveillance mode." NOTE: issues relating to a small ID number space can be leveraged to make this attack easier
Published Oct 23, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.13%
Description
The Nortel UNIStim IP Softphone 2050, IP Phone 1140E, and additional Nortel products from the IP Phone, Business Communications Manager (BCM), and other product lines allow remote attackers to eavesdrop on the physical environment via an Open Audio Stream message that enables "surveillance mode." NOTE: issues relating to a small ID number space can be leveraged to make this attack easier.
Affected products
No data.
Running on/with
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Running on/with
- 1000e
- 1000m
- 1000s
- 2100
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- 50
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- 50e
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- 1000
- srg50
- srg200
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- cs2100
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No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.13% (0.03134) | 87.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.13% (0.03134) | 86.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 12.55% (0.12554) | 94.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 4, 2026 | 10.65% (0.10654) | 93.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 11.67% (0.11669) | 93.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 10.27% (0.10274) | 92.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 13.64% (0.13639) | 90.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 10.27% (0.10274) | 92.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 8.99% (0.08991) | 91.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 6.24% (0.06237) | 93.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2024 | 6.51% (0.06513) | 93.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 5.67% (0.05670) | 93.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 5.79% (0.05792) | 93.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 17, 2024 | 7.97% (0.07974) | 94.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 8.39% (0.08388) | 93.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2023 | 9.58% (0.09582) | 93.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2023 | 6.00% (0.05998) | 92.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.96% (0.06955) | 92.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 94.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.00% (0.10995) | 88.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://osvdb.org/41769 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27234 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3272 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=654714 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.csnc.ch/static/advisory/csnc/nortel_IP_phone_surveillance_mode_v1.0.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482478/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26120 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2007/42/022870-01.pdf x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37255 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/41769 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27234 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3272 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=654714 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.csnc.ch/static/advisory/csnc/nortel_IP_phone_surveillance_mode_v1.0.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482478/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26120 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch | |
| http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2007/42/022870-01.pdf | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37255 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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