CVE-2019-1636
highpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.469 · 99 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Teams client, formerly Cisco Spark, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a targeted system. This vulnerability is due to unsafe search paths used by the application URI that is defined in Windows operating systems. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a targeted user to follow a malicious link. Successful exploitation could cause the application to load libraries from the directory targeted by the URI link. The attacker could use this behavior to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the targeted user if the attacker can place a crafted library in a directory that is accessible to the vulnerable system.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Webex Teamscisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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ssvc
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-20190123-webex-teamsCisco Webex Teams URI Handler Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability2019-01-23csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Teams client, formerly Cisco Spark, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a targeted system. This vulnerability is due to unsafe search paths used by the application URI that is defined in Windows operating systems. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a targeted user to follow a malicious link. Successful exploitation could cause the application to load libraries from the directory targeted by the URI link. The attacker could use this behavior to execute arbitrary commands on the system with the privileges of the targeted user if the attacker can place a crafted library in a directory that is accessible to the vulnerable system. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-webex-teams ["https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-webex-teams"]
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references (8)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/43899cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106718cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-webex-teamscnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106718cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106718enisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-webex-teamsenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106718Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190123-webex-teamsVendor Advisorynvd
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