On Mac OS X systems, the GoToMeeting application is prone to a Critical Vulnerability due to insecure use of HTTP proxies. A maliciously-crafted HTTP proxy request could be used to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Adobe recommends application users take the following precautions to protect themselves from such attacks: Adobe recommends application users take the following precautions to protect themselves from such attacks: On Mac OS X systems, the GoToMeeting application is prone to a Critical Vulnerability due to insecure use of HTTP proxies. A maliciously-crafted HTTP proxy request could be used to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Adobe recommends application users take the following precautions to protect themselves from such attacks: Adobe recommends application users take the following precautions to protect themselves from such attacks: On Mac OS X systems, the GoToMeeting application is prone to a Critical Vulnerability due to insecure use of HTTP proxies. A maliciously-crafted HTTP proxy request could be used to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with system privileges
Key findings of the vulnerability
Users of the Mac OS X GoToMeeting application are not protected against a Critical Vulnerability in insecure use of HTTP proxies due to HTTP proxy configurations. A maliciously-crafted HTTP proxy request could be used to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with system privileges.
Affected Software:
Mac OS X
CWE-2022: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Availability and Oversight
CVE-2022-38433 is a vulnerability that affects all Mac OS X systems, whether they are running the GoToMeeting application or not. It's important to note that the vulnerability doesn't specifically target the GoToMeeting application; it's a vulnerability in how Web proxies are used on Mac OS X systems that affects any software using them.
As for availability, this vulnerability was fixed as of version 7.3 of GoToMeeting on May 27th, 2016. It has been confirmed to have been fixed in 7.4 released on June 8th, 2016 and verified to be fixed in 7.5 released on July 12th, 2016.
Summary
On Mac OS X, GoToMeeting is prone to a Critical Vulnerability due to insecure use of HTTP proxies. A maliciously-crafted HTTP proxy request could be used to cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with system privileges. Adobe recommends application users take the following precautions to protect themselves from such attacks:
-Turn off HTTP proxies
-Set the proxy environment variable manually
-Use TLS/SSL (HTTPS)
Timeline
Published on: 09/16/2022 18:15:00 UTC
Last modified on: 09/20/2022 18:55:00 UTC