CVE-2021-1237 (GCVE-0-2021-1237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-13 21:17 – Updated: 2024-11-12 20:48
VLAI
Title
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows DLL Injection Vulnerability
Summary
A vulnerability in the Network Access Manager and Web Security Agent components of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL injection attack. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of resources that are loaded by the application at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by inserting a configuration file in a specific path in the system which, in turn, causes a malicious DLL file to be loaded when the application starts. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected machine with SYSTEM privileges.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-08 20:34 UTC
CWE
Assigner
cisco CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 66/100 over 434 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Cisco Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Affected: n/a
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Date Public
2021-01-13 00:00
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