CVE-2017-12361
Description
A vulnerability in Cisco Jabber for Windows could allow an unauthenticated, local attacker to access sensitive communications made by the Jabber client. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain information to conduct additional attacks. The vulnerability is due to the way Cisco Jabber for Windows handles random number generation for file folders. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by fixing the random number data used to establish Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections between clients. An exploit could allow the attacker to decrypt secure communications made by the Cisco Jabber for Windows client. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve44806.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101994
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039915
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171129-jabber2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101994
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039915
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171129-jabber2
CWEs
CWE-200 CWE-330
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.