Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player/Webex Player on Windows ARF File Email Attachment memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player and Webex Player on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ARF File Handler. Such manipulation as part of Email Attachment leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-15287. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco WebEx Network Recording Player and Webex Player on Windows (Unified Communication Software) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ARF File Handler. The manipulation as part of a Email Attachment leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Webex Network Recording Player for Microsoft Windows and Cisco Webex Player for Microsoft Windows could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. The vulnerabilities exist due to insufficient validation of certain elements with a Webex recording stored in either the Advanced Recording Format (ARF) or the Webex Recording Format (WRF). An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a user a malicious ARF or WRF file through a link or email attachment and persuading the user to open the file with the affected software on the local system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system with the privileges of the targeted user.

The weakness was shared 09/23/2020 as cisco-sa-20191106-webex-player as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-15287 since 08/20/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-146331, VDB-146332, VDB-161742 and VDB-161743 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Unified Communication Software

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• Cisco

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• WebEx Network Recording Player
• Webex Player

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• free

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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