Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2021 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2021-1240Cisco Proximity Desktop for Windows DLL Hijacking Vulnerability

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled search path in Cisco Proximity from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability in the loading process of specific DLLs in Cisco Proximity Desktop for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to load a malicious library. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials on the Windows system. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of directory paths at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a malicious DLL file in a specific location on the targeted system. This file will execute when the vulnerable application launches. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system with the privileges of another user’s account.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cisco	Cisco Proximity	n/a

Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

20210113 Cisco Proximity Desktop for Windows DLL Hijacking Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO