CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-1258
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-01-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264, CWE-269
Description
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 configurations
• cisco anyconnect secure mobility client (< 4.9.03047)
• cisco anyconnect secure mobility client (< 4.9.03049)
• mcafee agent epolicy orchestrator extension (< 5.7.6)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382 Third Party Advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-anyconnect-fileread-PbHbgHMj Vendor Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10382 Third Party Advisory
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-anyconnect-fileread-PbHbgHMj Vendor Advisory