The helper application in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (formerly AnyConnect VPN Client) before 2.3.185 on Windows, and on…

Description

The helper application in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (formerly AnyConnect VPN Client) before 2.3.185 on Windows, and on Windows Mobile, downloads a client executable file (vpndownloader.exe) without verifying its authenticity, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the url property to a certain ActiveX control in vpnweb.ocx, aka Bug ID CSCsy00904.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

70.0% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 72714 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20110601 Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOx_transferred
• 8272 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 1025591 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• VU#490097 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 20110601 Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client Arbitrary Program Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
• cisco-asmc-helper-code-execution(67739) (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)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 22:46 UTC.