Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows DLL Hijacking Vulnerability
Published Aug 17, 2020 ·Due Nov 14, 2022
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 10.05%
Description
A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of resources that are loaded by the application at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPC message to the AnyConnect process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected machine with SYSTEM privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system.
Affected products
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client | n/a |
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- < 4.9.00086
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (4)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159420/Cisco-AnyConnect-Privilege-Escalation.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-24704 Advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-anyconnect-dll-F26WwJW vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-3433 government-resourceUS Government Resource
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159420/Cisco-AnyConnect-Privilege-Escalation.html | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2020-24704 | Advisory | |
| https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-anyconnect-dll-F26WwJW | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-3433 | government-resourceUS Government Resource |
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