PT-2011-4022 · Cisco · Cisco Vpn Client

Gavin Jones · Published 2011-07-07 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2011-2678

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco VPN Client version 5.0.7.0240 Cisco VPN Client version 5.0.7.0290

Description The issue is related to weak permissions for the cvpnd.exe file, which can be exploited by local users to gain privileges. This is achieved by replacing the cvpnd.exe file with an arbitrary program.

Recommendations For Cisco VPN Client version 5.0.7.0240, update the permissions of cvpnd.exe to prevent local users from replacing the executable. For Cisco VPN Client version 5.0.7.0290, update the permissions of cvpnd.exe to prevent local users from replacing the executable.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2678

Affected Products

Cisco Vpn Client

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2678 · Security Note
• http://cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070815-vpnclient.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8297 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68485 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/518638/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=11125 · Note