According to its self-reported version and configuration, the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software running on the remote device is affected by a heap overflow condition in the CIFS (Common Internet Filesystem) code within the Clientless SSL VPN functionality due to improper validation of user-supplied input. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted URL, to cause the device to reload or the execution of arbitrary code.

Note that only traffic directed to the affected system can be used to exploit this issue, which affects systems configured in routed firewall mode only and in single or multiple context mode. A valid TCP connection is needed to perform the attack. Furthermore, the attacker would need to have valid credentials to log in to the Clientless SSL VPN portal. This vulnerability can be triggered by IPv4 or IPv6 traffic.

Cisco ASA Clientless SSL VPN Functionality CIFS RCE (cisco-sa-20170208-asa)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97211

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