CVE-2020-3495 | A vulnerability in Cisco Jabber for Windows could allow an a… | CVSS 9.9 CRITICAL

Description

A vulnerability in Cisco Jabber for Windows could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of message contents. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) messages to the affected software. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the application to execute arbitrary programs on the targeted system with the privileges of the user account that is running the Cisco Jabber client software, possibly resulting in arbitrary code execution.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2020-3495
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Reserved: 2019-12-12 00:00 UTC
Published: 2020-09-04 02:25 UTC
Last updated: 2024-11-13 18:08 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-20
CWE-20
Vendor / Product: Cisco / Cisco Jabber
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Jabber	—	n/a

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-20	cna	CWE-20

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.9	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (1)

20200902 Cisco Jabber for Windows Message Handling Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-jabber-UyTKCPGg