Cisco Webex Network Recording Player and Cisco Webex Player Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Published 8 y ago 2018-10-05 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.1%

percentile 82%

Public exploits

none known

A vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Network Recording Player for Microsoft Windows and the Cisco Webex Player for Microsoft Windows could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. The vulnerability exist because the affected software improperly validates Advanced Recording Format (ARF) and Webex Recording Format (WRF) files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a user a malicious ARF or WRF file via a link or an email attachment and persuading the user to open the file by using the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 23 mo ago 2024-11-25

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.13% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	9.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

Cisco Cisco WebEx WRF Player

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

securitytracker.com /id/1041795 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/105520 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-webex-rce · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-15420
NVD: CVE-2018-15420

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Summary