CVE-2020-3430
highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.039 · 90 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability in the application protocol handling features of Cisco Jabber for Windows could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of input to the application protocol handlers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to click a link within a message sent by email or other messaging platform. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a targeted system with the privileges of the user account that is running the Cisco Jabber client software.
remediations
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A vendor fix is available.
- FixedCisco Jabbercisco_csaf
Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability.
https://software.cisco.com
cvss
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ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (14)
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advisories (1)
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- cisco-sa-jabber-vY8M4KGBCisco Jabber for Windows Protocol Handler Command Injection Vulnerability2020-09-02csaf · cisco_csafUS
A vulnerability in the application protocol handling features of Cisco Jabber for Windows could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. The vulnerability is due to improper handling of input to the application protocol handlers. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to click a link within a message sent by email or other messaging platform. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a targeted system with the privileges of the user account that is running the Cisco Jabber client software. Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.
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sources
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references (7)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/49085cnnvd
- https://media.cert.europa.eu/static/SecurityAdvisories/2020/CERT-EU-SA2020-043.pdfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3430cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-jabber-vY8M4KGBcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.3026/cnnvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-jabber-vY8M4KGBenisa_euvd
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-jabber-vY8M4KGBVendor Advisorynvd
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