Vigil@nce - Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client: privilege escalation via IPC
April 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can use an IPC of Cisco AnyConnect Secure
Mobility Client, in order to escalate his privileges.
Impacted products: AnyConnect VPN Client
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 18/03/2015
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client product uses IPC
(inter-process communication) to exchange data.
However, a local attacker can send an IPC message, to install a
software.
A local attacker can therefore use an IPC of Cisco AnyConnect
Secure Mobility Client, in order to escalate his privileges.
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