netVigilance Vulnerability intelligence since 2004
CVE-2020-3433 · netVigilance record NV22-0534

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows DLL Hijacking

past due ransomware

What to do

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA deadline 2022-11-14 · passed 3 years 9 months ago · applies to US federal civilian agencies; used elsewhere as a reference SLA

What happened

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows interprocess communication (IPC) channel allows for insufficient validation of resources that are loaded by the application at run time. An attacker with valid credentials on Windows could execute code on the affected machine with SYSTEM privileges.

Who is affected

Cisco AnyConnect Secure. Affected version ranges are listed in the vendor advisory and the NVD entry linked under Sources.

Weakness class: CWE-427.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEVExploitation in the wild confirmed by CISA
  2. CISA remediation deadlinepassed 3 years 9 months ago

Sources