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HistoryFeb 20, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2020-3153

2020-02-2000:00:00
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7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.6%

A vulnerability in the installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to system level directories with system level privileges. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of directory paths. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. An exploit could allow the attacker to copy malicious files to arbitrary locations with system level privileges. This could include DLL pre-loading, DLL hijacking, and other related attacks. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system.

Recent assessments:

cdelafuente-r7 at June 25, 2020 9:43am UTC reported:

The installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows prior to 4.8.02042 is vulnerable to path traversal and allows local attackers to create/overwrite files in arbitrary locations as the SYSTEM user. By successfully exploiting this flaw, a local attacker will be able to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges and take full control of the system.

This write-up provides some additional information about practical exploitation than the original advisory. Basically, the attack consists of sending a specially crafted IPC message to the TCP port 62522 on the loopback device, which is exposed by the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Agent service. This service will then launch the vulnerable installer component (vpndownloader), which copies itself to an arbitrary location before being executed with SYSTEM user privileges. Combining this flaw with DLL hijacking technique, it is possible to execute arbitrary code in the context of the SYSTEM user.

Since two PoC’s (here and here ) and a weaponized Metasploit module are now available, it is highly recommended to update AnyConnect.

cnotin at April 22, 2020 8:32am UTC reported:

The installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows prior to 4.8.02042 is vulnerable to path traversal and allows local attackers to create/overwrite files in arbitrary locations as the SYSTEM user. By successfully exploiting this flaw, a local attacker will be able to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges and take full control of the system.

This write-up provides some additional information about practical exploitation than the original advisory. Basically, the attack consists of sending a specially crafted IPC message to the TCP port 62522 on the loopback device, which is exposed by the Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Agent service. This service will then launch the vulnerable installer component (vpndownloader), which copies itself to an arbitrary location before being executed with SYSTEM user privileges. Combining this flaw with DLL hijacking technique, it is possible to execute arbitrary code in the context of the SYSTEM user.

Since two PoC’s (here and here ) and a weaponized Metasploit module are now available, it is highly recommended to update AnyConnect.

Assessed Attacker Value: 4
Assessed Attacker Value: 4Assessed Attacker Value: 5

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

34.6%

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