Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows DLL Hijacking Vulnerability
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.
- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- AnyConnect Secure
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 10.0%
- Status
- kevransomware use
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
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.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-10-24. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-11-14.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.