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ghsa-78jc-x38p-j87v

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-17 03:21

Modified

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

Modified

2024-08-06 07:15

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

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.

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033643	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38289/	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/80	mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
	http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=41136	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO
	https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=460	x_refsource_MISC
	http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133876/Cisco-AnyConnect-Secure-Mobility-Client-3.1.08009-Privilege-Elevation.html	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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