Vulnerability CVE-2021-1311


Published: 2021-01-13

Description:
A vulnerability in the reclaim host role feature of Cisco Webex Meetings and Cisco Webex Meetings Server could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to take over the host role during a meeting. This vulnerability is due to a lack of protection against brute forcing of the host key. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted requests to a vulnerable Cisco Webex Meetings or Webex Meetings Server site. A successful exploit would require the attacker to have access to join a Webex meeting, including applicable meeting join links and passwords. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to acquire or take over the host role for a meeting.

Type:

CWE-307

(Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.5/10
4.9/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Cisco -> Webex meetings 
Cisco -> Webex meetings server 

 References:
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-webex-brutef-hostkey-FWRMxVF

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