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CVE-2018-15420

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-15420 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Webex Network Recording Player and Webex Player for Microsoft Windows, affecting Webex Business Suite and Webex Meetings products. It allows arbitrary code execution due to improper validation of ARF and WRF files. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a malicious file, leading to full compromise of the affected system. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential impact remains significant.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:webex_meetings_online:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:webex_meetings_server:2.5:maintenance_release2_patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:webex_meetings_server:2.5:maintenance_release5_patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:webex_meetings_server:2.5:maintenance_release6_patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:webex_meetings_server:2.5:maintenance_release6_patch3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0213 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20181003-webex-rce
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105520
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041795
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry