Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0(2049) Head-End System path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0(2049) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Head-End System Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-4289. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0(2049) (Network Encryption Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Head-End System Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.0(2049) allows remote head-end systems to write to arbitrary files via a crafted configuration attribute, aka Bug ID CSCut93920.

The weakness was published 07/30/2015 with Cisco as 40175 / CSCut93920 as confirmed vulnerability alert (Website). The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-4289 since 06/04/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85541 (Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.x < 3.1.10010.0 / 4.x < 4.1.4011.0 Arbitrary File Write), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (105224), Tenable (85541), SecurityFocus (BID 76125†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033173†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52345†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 85541
Nessus Name: Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.x < 3.1.10010.0 / 4.x < 4.1.4011.0 Arbitrary File Write
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: 40175 / CSCut93920
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-4289 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4289
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76850
X-Force: 105224 - Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobilty Client directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 76125 - Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client CVE-2015-4289 Directory Traversal Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1033173
Vulnerability Center: 52345 - Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/31/2015 10:31
Updated: 06/07/2022 08:40
Changes: 07/31/2015 10:31 (70), 11/14/2017 08:02 (3), 06/07/2022 08:40 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:8DF:103

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