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CVE-2018-0109 — A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive data about the application

Medium CVSS 4

A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive data about the application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain information to conduct additional reconnaissance attacks. The vulnerability is due to a design flaw in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server that could allow an attacker who is authenticated as root to gain shared secrets. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by accessing the root account and viewing sensitive information. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to discover sensitive information about the application. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg42664.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
4 (2.0)
Published
2018-01-18
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Affected products

  • cisco / webex_meetings_server

Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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