CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-2678

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2011-07-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2011-07-07
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The Cisco VPN Client 5.0.7.0240 and 5.0.7.0290 on 64-bit Windows platforms uses weak permissions (NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE:F) for cvpnd.exe, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing this executable file with an arbitrary program, aka Bug ID CSCtn50645. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4415 regression.

Affected configurations

• cisco vpn client 5.0.7.0240 • cisco vpn client 5.0.7.0290

References

http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=11125 isc.sans.edu
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8297 securityreason.com
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070815-vpnclient.shtml Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518638/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68485 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=11125 isc.sans.edu
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8297 securityreason.com
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20070815-vpnclient.shtml Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518638/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68485 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com