The installation of Cisco Secure Desktop (CSD) before 3.1.1.45 uses insecure default permissions (all users full control) for the CSD…

Description

The installation of Cisco Secure Desktop (CSD) before 3.1.1.45 uses insecure default permissions (all users full control) for the CSD directory and its parent directory, which allow local users to gain privileges by replacing CSD executables, aka "Local Privilege Escalation".

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.36% · top 70% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• cisco-csd-permissions-code-execution(30128) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 1017195 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20061108 Cisco Secure Desktop Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
• 22747 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20061108 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Desktop (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4409 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 30308 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20964 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:04 UTC.