CVE-2011-2678

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2678
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-07-07 19:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe Cisco VPN Client 5.0.7.0240 and 5.0.7.0290 on 64-bit Windows platforms uses weak permissions (NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE:F) for cvpnd.exe, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing this executable file with an arbitrary program, aka Bug ID CSCtn50645. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4415 regression.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.7.0240 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.7.0290 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CCO Redirect af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com Vendor Advisory
NGS00051 Technical Advisory: Cisco VPN Client Privilege Escalation - SecurityReason.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
ISC Diary | Deja-Vu: Cisco VPN Windows Client Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 isc.sans.edu
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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