Cisco WebEx Meetings Server Command Bypass Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Meetings Server could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute predetermined shell commands on other hosts.

The vulnerability is due to insufficient security configurations of bash in interactive mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by connecting to a host as root and then connecting to another host via SSH and issuing predetermined shell commands. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute commands as root on any other Cisco WebEx Meeting Server host.

Cisco has not released software updates that address this vulnerability. Workarounds that mitigate this vulnerability are not available.

This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170118-wms2[“https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20170118-wms2”]