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GHSA-XQ6H-HM2M-HW55

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-05 18:32 – Updated: 2025-03-05 18:32

Details

This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of resources that are loaded by the application at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPC message to a specific Cisco Secure Client process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected machine with SYSTEM privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid user credentials on the Windows system.

Severity ?

7.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-xq6h-hm2m-hw55",
  "modified": "2025-03-05T18:32:09Z",
  "published": "2025-03-05T18:32:09Z",
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CVE-2025-20206 (GCVE-0-2025-20206)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-03-05 16:14 – Updated: 2025-03-06 04:55

Summary

A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of Cisco Secure Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack on an affected device if the Secure Firewall Posture Engine, formerly HostScan, is installed on Cisco Secure Client. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of resources that are loaded by the application at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPC message to a specific Cisco Secure Client process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected machine with SYSTEM privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid user credentials on the Windows system.

Severity ?

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-347 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Assigner

cisco

References

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Tags

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/c…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Cisco	Cisco Secure Client	Affected: 4.9.00086 Affected: 4.9.01095 Affected: 4.9.02028 Affected: 4.9.03047 Affected: 4.9.03049 Affected: 4.9.04043 Affected: 4.9.04053 Affected: 4.9.05042 Affected: 4.9.06037 Affected: 4.10.00093 Affected: 4.10.01075 Affected: 4.10.02086 Affected: 4.10.03104 Affected: 4.10.04065 Affected: 4.10.04071 Affected: 4.10.05085 Affected: 4.10.05095 Affected: 5.0.00238 Affected: 4.10.05111 Affected: 5.0.00529 Affected: 5.0.00556 Affected: 4.10.06079 Affected: 5.0.01242 Affected: 4.10.06090 Affected: 5.0.02075 Affected: 4.10.07061 Affected: 5.0.03072 Affected: 4.10.07062 Affected: 5.0.03076 Affected: 5.0.04032 Affected: 4.10.07073 Affected: 5.0.05040 Affected: 5.1.0.136 Affected: 5.1.1.42 Affected: 4.10.08025 Affected: 5.1.2.42 Affected: 4.10.08029 Affected: 5.1.3.62 Affected: 5.1.4.74 Affected: 5.1.5.65 Affected: 5.1.6.103 Affected: 5.1.7.80

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