Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Profile Modification (cisco-sa-anyconnect-profile-7u3PERKF)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 139543

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Synopsis

The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

According to its self-reported version, Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is affected by a vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, by sending a crafted IPC message to the AnyConnect process on an affected device, in order to overwrite VPN profiles, provided the attacker has valid credentials on the Windows system.

Please see the included Cisco BIDs and Cisco Security Advisory for more information.

Solution

Upgrade to the relevant fixed version referenced in Cisco bug ID CSCvu14938

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 139543

File Name: cisco-sa-anyconnect-profile-7u3PERKF.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/12/2020

Updated: 4/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3435

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:cisco:anyconnect_secure_mobility_client

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3435

CWE: 20

CISCO-SA: cisco-sa-anyconnect-profile-7u3PERKF

IAVA: 2020-A-0351-S

CISCO-BUG-ID: CSCvu14938

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