CVE-2020-3153

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
6.5 Medium
Published
Feb 19, 2020
Updated
Aug 12, 2026
Reserved
Dec 12, 2019

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Description

A vulnerability in the installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to system level directories with system level privileges. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of directory paths. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. An exploit could allow the attacker to copy malicious files to arbitrary locations with system level privileges. This could include DLL pre-loading, DLL hijacking, and other related attacks. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.06.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Ncisco

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility ClientCisco
  • before n/aAffected

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