Cisco Warns of WebEx Player Security Vulnerabilities


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By Ryan Naraine on May 08, 2014 Switching and networking vendor Cisco is warning about serious security vulnerabilities in the Cisco WebEx Players used by businesses for recording and playback of meeting recordings.

In all, the company warned about five separate buffer overflow security flaws that exist in the Cisco WebEx Recording Format (WRF) and Advanced Recording Format (ARF) Players.

A hacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could, in some instances, launch harmful code directly against a targeted user.  A successful compromise could also cause the WebEx player to crash, Cisco warned in an advisory that carries a CVSS Base Score of 7.8.  Full Article

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