A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of Cisco Secure Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack on an affected device if the Secure Firewall Posture Engine, formerly HostScan, is installed on Cisco Secure Client.
This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of resources that are loaded by the application at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPC message to a specific Cisco Secure Client process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected machine with SYSTEM privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid user credentials on the Windows system.
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Description | A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of Cisco Secure Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack on an affected device if the Secure Firewall Posture Engine, formerly HostScan, is installed on Cisco Secure Client. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of resources that are loaded by the application at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted IPC message to a specific Cisco Secure Client process. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected machine with SYSTEM privileges. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid user credentials on the Windows system. | |
Title | Cisco Secure Client for Windows with VPN Posture (HostScan) Module DLL Hijacking Vulnerability | |
Weaknesses | CWE-347 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published:
Updated: 2025-03-06T04:55:26.276Z
Reserved: 2024-10-10T19:15:13.230Z
Link: CVE-2025-20206

Updated: 2025-03-05T16:40:59.171Z

Status : Received
Published: 2025-03-05T17:15:14.450
Modified: 2025-03-05T17:15:14.450
Link: CVE-2025-20206

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