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Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.1.x < 4.3.4019.0 / 4.4.x < 4.4.225.0 Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 95951

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Synopsis

A VPN application installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client installed on the remote Windows host is 3.x or 4.x prior to 4.3.4019.0 or 4.4.x prior to 4.4.225.0. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to incorrect permissions of a system directory at installation time. A local attacker can exploit this, by creating a specially crafted interprocess communication (IPC) to the virtual private network (VPN) agent process, to execute commands on the host with elevated system level privileges.

Solution

Upgrade to Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client version 4.3.4019.0 / 4.4.225.0 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5f8d0034

https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/bug/CSCvb68043

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95951

File Name: cisco_anyconnect_CSCvb68043.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/20/2016

Updated: 1/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9192

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/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: 12/7/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9192

BID: 94770