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Cisco AnyConnect Portforwarder ActiveX Control Initialization Parameter Parsing Buffer Overflow
high Nessus Plugin ID 58512
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host has an ActiveX control with a buffer overflow vulnerability.Description
The remote Windows host has a version of the Cisco AnyConnect Portforwarder ActiveX control installed that contains a buffer overflow in its initialization parameters. A remote attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into viewing a specially crafted HTML document, resulting in arbitrary code execution.Solution
Set the kill bit for the affected ActiveX control. Refer to cisco-sa-20120314-asaclient for more information.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 58512
File Name: cisco_cscopf_activex.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 3/28/2012
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:adaptive_security_appliance_software
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0358
BID: 52482