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Cisco VPN Client Dialer Local Privilege Escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25550

Synopsis

The remote windows host contains an application that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The installed Cisco VPN Client version is prone to a privilege escalation attack. By using the 'Start before logon' feature in the VPN client dialer, a local attacker may gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.8.01.0300 or a later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?be594855

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25550

File Name: cisco_vpn_client_priv_escalation.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/20/2007

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:vpn_client

Required KB Items: SMB/CiscoVPNClient/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2679

BID: 18094