CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-12363

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Published: Nov 30, 2017 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meeting Server could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to modify the welcome message of a meeting on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient security settings on meetings. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying the welcome message to a meeting. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify the welcome message of any known meeting. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf68695.

Weakness

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Webex_meetings_server Cisco 2.6.0.8 (including) 2.6.0.8 (including)
Webex_meetings_server Cisco 2.7 (including) 2.7 (including)

Extended Description

Resources such as files and directories may be inadvertently exposed through mechanisms such as insecure permissions, or when a program accidentally operates on the wrong object. For example, a program may intend that private files can only be provided to a specific user. This effectively defines a control sphere that is intended to prevent attackers from accessing these private files. If the file permissions are insecure, then parties other than the user will be able to access those files. A separate control sphere might effectively require that the user can only access the private files, but not any other files on the system. If the program does not ensure that the user is only requesting private files, then the user might be able to access other files on the system. In either case, the end result is that a resource has been exposed to the wrong party.

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