FKIE_CVE-2024-20391

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-15 18:15 - Updated: 2025-07-22 18:02
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A vulnerability in the Network Access Manager (NAM) module of Cisco Secure Client could allow an unauthenticated attacker with physical access to an affected device to elevate privileges to SYSTEM. This vulnerability is due to a lack of authentication on a specific function. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges on an affected device.
References
psirt@cisco.comhttps://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-secure-nam-priv-esc-szu2vYpZVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-secure-nam-priv-esc-szu2vYpZVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cisco secure_client *
microsoft windows -
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