Webex Meeting CenterApplication · Cisco
CVE-2015-0583
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCisco WebEx Meeting Center does not properly restrict the content of URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to file: URIs, aka Bug ID CSCus18281.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCisco WebEx Meeting Center fails to properly restrict URL content, specifically allowing file: URIs to be processed. This enables remote attackers to potentially access sensitive local file information via crafted URLs containing file: URI schemes.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Webex Meeting CenterApplication
all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Cisco WebEx Meeting Center is installedCheck for WebEx installation directories (typically under C:\Program Files\WebEx or C:\Program Files (x86)\WebEx on Windows, or /opt/webex on Linux), or look for the WebEx service running via 'sc query' on Windows or 'ps aux | grep -i webex' on LinuxAffected if WebEx Meeting Center software is present on the system
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Verify the WebEx web service is listeningCheck for listening ports associated with WebEx (common ports include 80, 443, 8080, 8443) using 'netstat -an | findstr LISTENING' on Windows or 'netstat -tuln' on Linux, looking for WebEx-specific servicesAffected if WebEx Meeting Center web service is running and accepting connections
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Determine network exposure of the WebEx serviceReview firewall rules and network configuration to determine if the WebEx server is accessible from external networks. Check Windows Firewall rules via 'netsh firewall show all' or Linux iptables rules, and review border firewall/access list configurationsAffected if The WebEx web interface is reachable from untrusted networks
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Inspect access logs for suspicious file: URI patternsReview WebEx server access logs (typically found in WebEx installation/logs directories) for requests containing 'file:' scheme in URLs, such as 'file:///etc/passwd' or similar patternsAffected if Logs contain HTTP requests with file: URI schemes being processed by the WebEx service
A system is affected if Cisco WebEx Meeting Center is installed and its web interface processes URLs without filtering out file: URI schemes, allowing potential local file access.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patch from Cisco when available. In the interim, restrict network access to WebEx Meeting Center servers and monitor for suspicious URL patterns containing file: schemes.
Fix this in Webex Meeting Center
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-0583 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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