Detections
Analytics

Cisco WebEx Advanced Recording Format RCE (cisco-sa-20180502-war)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134981

Language:

Synopsis

The video player installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The version of Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (ARF) on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability which allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system of a targeted user by sending the user a link or email attachment with a malicious ARF file and persuading the user to follow the link or open the file.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version of WebEx Network Recording Player referenced in Cisco advisory cisco-sa-20180502-war.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?dff96338

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134981

File Name: cisco-sa-20180502-war.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/30/2020

Updated: 3/31/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0264

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:webex_advanced_recording_format_player

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WebEx ARF/WRF Player

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0264