CVE-2021-1517
Published: 04 June 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-1517 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure (CWE-693) vulnerability in Cisco Webex Meetings Server. Its CVSS base score is 5.0 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 38.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-6984
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability in the multimedia viewer feature of Cisco Webex Meetings and Cisco Webex Meetings Server could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to bypass security protections. This vulnerability is due to unsafe handling of shared content within the multimedia viewer…
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feature. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sharing a file through the multimedia viewer feature. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass security protections and prevent warning dialogs from appearing before files are offered to other users.
- 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.
Implements a reliable, tamperproof protection mechanism whose completeness can be assured.
Procedures for training on protection mechanisms reduce the chance of protection mechanism failures being present or exploitable.
Documented procedures to implement assessment, authorization, and monitoring controls prevent these protection mechanisms from failing due to undefined processes.
Direct evaluation of whether controls produce desired security outcomes detects protection mechanism failures and enables remediation.
Requires assessment that protection mechanisms are correctly implemented and producing intended security outcomes.
The POA&M process ensures identified weaknesses in protection mechanisms are documented and scheduled for remediation, reducing the duration they remain exploitable.
Ongoing control assessments and analysis of monitoring data enable timely detection and response when protection mechanisms fail.
Impact analysis identifies changes that could weaken or disable existing protection mechanisms.