Cisco VPN Client on Windows before 5.0.01.0600, and the 5.0.01.0600 InstallShield (IS) release, uses weak permissions for cvpnd.exe…

Description

Cisco VPN Client on Windows before 5.0.01.0600, and the 5.0.01.0600 InstallShield (IS) release, uses weak permissions for cvpnd.exe (Modify granted to Interactive Users), which allows local users to gain privileges via a modified cvpnd.exe.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• 20070816 Local privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco VPN client (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20070815 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities in Cisco VPN Client (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
• ADV-2007-2903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 3023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 26459 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25332 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1018573 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• cisco-vpn-cvpnd-privilege-escalation(36032) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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

[![CVE-2007-4415](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-4415.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-4415)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 14:53 UTC.