Vulnerability · Published Nov 6, 2020 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2020-27123Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to an exposed IPC function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPC message to the AnyConnect process on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system of the affected device.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client	n/a

Weakness: CWE-749 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

20201104 Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO