CyberCVE

CVE-2024-20338

A vulnerability in the ISE Posture (System Scan) module of Cisco Secure Client for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability

Severity
High 7.3
CVSS 3.1
Exploited
Not listed
EPSS
0.009
55.9th percentile
Discovered by
Third party
Published by the vendor
Published
Mar 6, 2024
Assigned by cisco

Description

A vulnerability in the ISE Posture (System Scan) module of Cisco Secure Client for Linux could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to the use of an uncontrolled search path element. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by copying a malicious library file to a specific directory in the filesystem and persuading an administrator to restart a specific process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected device with root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-427

Affected products

Vendor Product Category Matched by
Cisco Cisco Secure Client (AnyConnect) VPN & Remote Access cna-assigner
Vendor-reported affected versions (2)
  • Cisco · Cisco Secure Client
  • cisco · secure_client

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