CVE-2021-1258: A vulnerability in the upgrade component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to read…

PriorityP431medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

0.34%

25.8th percentile

A vulnerability in the upgrade component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could allow an authenticated, local attacker with low privileges to read arbitrary files on the underlying operating system (OS) of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to insufficient file permission restrictions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted command from the local CLI to the application. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to read arbitrary files on the underlying OS of the affected device. The attacker would need to have valid user credentials to exploit this vulnerability.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
cisco	anyconnect_secure_mobility	—	—
cisco	anyconnect_secure_mobility_client	< 4.9.03047	4.9.03047
cisco	anyconnect_secure_mobility_client	< 4.9.03049	4.9.03049
cisco	cisco_anyconnect_secure_mobility_client	—	—
mcafee	agent_epolicy_orchestrator_extension	< 5.7.6	5.7.6

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.02.1LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

vendor_cisco5.5MEDIUM

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