CVE-2020-26085
Published: 07 January 2021
Summary
CVE-2020-26085 is a critical-severity Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data (CWE-201) vulnerability in Cisco Jabber. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 30.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2020-18715
Vulnerability details
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Jabber for Windows, Jabber for MacOS, and Jabber for mobile platforms could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary programs on the underlying operating system (OS) with elevated privileges or gain access to sensitive information. For more…
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information about these vulnerabilities, see the Details section of this advisory.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent apps typically execute inside a managed runtime or sandbox that restricts direct OS command execution, reducing the ability to exploit OS command injection.
Validates inputs to block special elements that would alter OS command execution.
Embedding taints allows detection when sensitive data is inserted into outbound or sent data streams.