Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.x < 3.1.11004.0 / 4.x < 4.1.6020.0 Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 86302

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Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client installed on the remote host is version 3.x prior to 3.1.11004.0 or 4.x prior to 4.1.6020.0.
It is, therefore, affected by an untrusted search path flaw in the CMainThread::launchDownloader method due to a failure to check the path to the downloader application and associated DLL files. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, via running the downloader application from outside its expected location and providing crafted DLLs, to execute arbitrary commands on the host with privileges equivalent to the SYSTEM account.

Note that this vulnerability resulted from an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-4211.

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client version 3.1.11004.0 / 4.1.6020.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86302

File Name: cisco_anyconnect_4_1_6020.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/6/2015

Updated: 7/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:anyconnect_secure_mobility_client

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6305

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCuv01279

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