CVE-2021-1502
HIGHCisco Webex Network Recording Player and Webex Player - Remote Code Execution via Malicious ARF or WRF File
Title source: llmDescription
A vulnerability in Cisco Webex Network Recording Player for Windows and MacOS and Cisco Webex Player for Windows and MacOS could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of values within Webex recording files formatted as either Advanced Recording Format (ARF) or Webex Recording Format (WRF). An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a user a malicious ARF or WRF file through a link or email attachment and persuading the user to open the file. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system with the privileges of the targeted user.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_cisco
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webex-player-dOJ2jOJ
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0045
EPSS Percentile
63.9%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (6)
cisco/webex_meetings_desktop
cisco/webex_meetings_online
cisco/webex_meetings_server
4.0
cisco/webex_network_recording_player
cisco/webex_network_recording_player
< 41.5 (2 CPE variants)
cisco/webex_teams
3.0.15485.0
Published
Jun 04, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026