Cisco Webex Teams for Windows DLL Hijacking Vulnerability (cisco-sa-20191120-webex-teams-dll)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 131232

Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco Webex Teams is affected by a DLL hijacking vulnerability. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, by crafting a malicious DLL file and placing it in a specific location, to execute arbitrary code on the target machine with the privileges of another user account. Please refer to the Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in the vendor advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b4213ada

https://bst.cloudapps.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvq87642

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 131232

File Name: cisco-sa-20191120-webex-teams-dll.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/22/2019

Updated: 11/5/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16001

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:webex_teams

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Webex Teams

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16001