An issue was discovered in the Cisco WebEx Extension before 1.0.7 on Google Chrome, the ActiveTouch General Plugin Container before 106 on Mozilla Firefox, the GpcContainer Class ActiveX control plugin before 10031.6.2017.0126 on Internet Explorer, and the Download Manager ActiveX control plugin before 2.1.0.10 on Internet Explorer. A vulnerability in these Cisco WebEx browser extensions could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected browser on an affected system. This vulnerability affects the browser extensions for Cisco WebEx Meetings Server and Cisco WebEx Centers (Meeting Center, Event Center, Training Center, and Support Center) when they are running on Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability is a design defect in an application programing interface (API) response parser within the extension. An attacker that can convince an affected user to visit an attacker-controlled web page or follow an attacker-supplied link with an affected browser could exploit the vulnerability. If successful, the attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the affected browser.

The Cisco WebEx Extension for Internet Explorer installed on the remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to a crafted pattern that permits any URL utilizing it to automatically use native messaging to access sensitive functionality provided by the extension. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a web page that contains this pattern and starting a WebEx session.

The Cisco WebEx Extension for Firefox installed on the remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to a crafted pattern that permits any URL utilizing it to automatically use native messaging to access sensitive functionality provided by the extension.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a web page that contains this pattern and starting a WebEx session.

The Cisco WebEx Extension for Chrome installed on the remote host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to a crafted pattern that permits any URL utilizing it to automatically use native messaging to access sensitive functionality provided by the extension.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to visit a web page that contains this pattern and starting a WebEx session.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
96908	Cisco WebEx for Internet Explorer RCE (cisco-sa-20170124-webex)	Nessus	Windows	high
96907	Cisco WebEx for Firefox RCE (cisco-sa-20170124-webex)	Nessus	Windows	high
96772	Cisco WebEx Extension for Chrome RCE (cisco-sa-20170124-webex)	Nessus	Windows	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2017-3823

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

high