CVE-2020-27604

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-27604
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-21 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-30 14:31:00 UTC
DescriptionBigBlueButton before 2.3 does not implement LibreOffice sandboxing. This might make it easier for remote authenticated users to read the API shared secret in the bigbluebutton.properties file. With the API shared secret, an attacker can (for example) use api/join to join an arbitrary meeting regardless of its guestPolicy setting.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-116

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bigbluebutton Bigbluebutton All All All All
Application Bigbluebutton Bigbluebutton All All All All

References

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BigBlueButton : API MISC docs.bigbluebutton.org Product
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