Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client up to 3.0.08066 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client up to 3.0.08066. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-2498. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client up to 3.0.08066 (Network Encryption Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.0 through 3.0.08066 does not ensure that authentication makes use of a legitimate certificate, which allows user-assisted man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate, aka Bug ID CSCtz29197.

The weakness was disclosed 08/03/2012 as confirmed changelog entry (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-2498 since 05/07/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61519 (Mac OS X : Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.1 < 3.1(495) MiTM), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77468), Tenable (61519), SecurityFocus (BID 54847†), OSVDB (84470†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027354†). The entries VDB-5916, VDB-5918 and VDB-5919 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Nessus ID: 61519
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.1 < 3.1(495) MiTM
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2498 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2498
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5917
X-Force: 77468
SecurityFocus: 54847 - Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client CVE-2012-2498 Certificate Validation Vulnerability
OSVDB: 84470
SecurityTracker: 1027354 - Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Bugs Let Remote Users Spoof Servers
Vulnerability Center: 35958 - Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.0 through 3.0.08066 Allows to Spoof Servers, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/13/2012 17:53
Updated: 03/27/2021 09:48
Changes: 08/13/2012 17:53 (66), 04/16/2017 10:40 (10), 03/27/2021 09:48 (3)
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