Advisory Details

January 3rd, 2018

Cisco WebEx ARF File DLL Planting Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-18-008
ZDI-CAN-5008

CVE ID CVE-2018-0104
CVSS SCORE 6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Cisco
AFFECTED PRODUCTS WebEx
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the processing of ARF files. While opening an ARF file, WebEx Network Recording Player loads a DLL from an unqualified path. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Cisco has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180103-warfp
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2017-07-19 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2018-01-03 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Steven Seeley (mr_me) of Offensive Security
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