Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client on Windows IPC input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client on Windows. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component IPC Handler. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-3435. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client on Windows (Network Encryption Software) (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component IPC Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite VPN profiles on an affected device. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. 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 modify VPN profile files. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system.

The weakness was presented 08/17/2020 as cisco-sa-anyconnect-profile-7u as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-3435 since 12/12/2019. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: Yes
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12/12/2019 🔍
08/17/2020 +249 days 🔍
08/18/2020 +1 days 🔍
11/10/2020 +84 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-anyconnect-profile-7u
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-3435 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-3435
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-159998
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/18/2020 07:13
Updated: 11/10/2020 10:09
Changes: 08/18/2020 07:13 (41), 08/18/2020 07:18 (12), 11/10/2020 10:09 (1)
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