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CVE-2018-0422

Affected software5 products, listed below
Severity7.3 High CVSS 3.0 2 scores
WeaknessIncorrect permission assignment (CWE-732)
Published5 Oct 2018
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

A vulnerability in the folder permissions of Cisco Webex Meetings client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to modify locally stored files and execute code on a targeted device with the privilege level of the user. The vulnerability is due to folder permissions that grant a user the permission to read, write, and execute files in the Webex folders. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to write malicious files to the Webex client directory, affecting all other users of the targeted device. A successful exploit could allow a user to execute commands with elevated privileges. Attacks on single-user systems are less likely to occur, as the attack must be carried out by the user on the user's own system. Multiuser systems have a higher risk of exploitation because folder permissions have an impact on all users of the device. For an attacker to exploit this vulnerability successfully, a second user must execute the locally installed malicious file to allow remote code execution to occur.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 8 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.1% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

7.3 HIGH v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 7.3 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 6.9 none AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

5 products, 8 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd cisco webex business suite 31 generic any version
nvd cisco webex business suite 32 generic < 32.15.20
nvd cisco webex business suite 33 generic < 33.4
nvd cisco webex meetings online generic < 1.3.37 · t31.20 · t31.20.2
nvd cisco webex meetings server generic ≤ 3.0 · 3.0:mr1

References

URLTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105281 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041681 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180905-webex-pe Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published2018-10-05By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.