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Cisco VPN Client Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Windows

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote windows host contains an application that is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. Description : The installed Cisco VPN Client version is prone to a privilege escalation attack. By using the 'Start before logon' feature in the VPN client dialer, a local attacker may gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.8.01.0300 or a later.

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