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GHSA-78JC-X38P-J87V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:21 – Updated: 2025-04-12 12:52

Details

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the CMainThread::launchDownloader function in vpndownloader.exe in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 2.0 through 4.1 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, as demonstrated by dbghelp.dll, aka Bug ID CSCuv01279. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-4211.

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CVE-2015-6305 (GCVE-0-2015-6305)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-25 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:15

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

cisco

References

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	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38289/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
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	http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
	https://code.google.com/p/google-security-researc…	x_refsource_MISC
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GHSA-78JC-X38P-J87V

CVE-2015-6305 (GCVE-0-2015-6305)

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