cvelistv5 - cve-2020-3153

cve-2020-3153

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2020-02-19 19:15

Modified

2024-11-08 16:12

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Summary

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerability

References

URL	Tags
ykramarz@cisco.com	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157340/Cisco-AnyConnect-Secure-Mobility-Client-4.8.01090-Privilege-Escalation.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ykramarz@cisco.com	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158219/Cisco-AnyConnect-Path-Traversal-Privilege-Escalation.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ykramarz@cisco.com	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159420/Cisco-AnyConnect-Privilege-Escalation.html	Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
ykramarz@cisco.com	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/43	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ykramarz@cisco.com	https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ac-win-path-traverse-qO4HWBsj	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

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Cisco

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client

Version: unspecified < n/a

CISA Known exploited vulnerability

Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2022-10-24

Due date: 2022-11-14

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-ac-win-path-traverse-qO4HWBsj; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3153

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