CVE-2018-15442

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-15442
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-24 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:35:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the update service of Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop App for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands as a privileged user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied parameters. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by invoking the update service command with a crafted argument. An exploit could allow the attacker to run arbitrary commands with SYSTEM user privileges. While the CVSS Attack Vector metric denotes the requirement for an attacker to have local access, administrators should be aware that in Active Directory deployments, the vulnerability could be exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop All All All All
Application Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop All All All All
Application Cisco Webex Productivity Tools All All All All
Application Cisco Webex Productivity Tools All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop App CVE-2018-15442 Local Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco WebEx Meetings File Processing Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
WebExec - (Authenticated) User Code Execution (Metasploit) - Windows remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop App Update Service Command Injection Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
WebEx - Local Service Permissions Exploit (Metasploit) - Windows local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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