CVE-2015-7600

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7600
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-06 17:59:27 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCisco VPN Client 5.x through 5.0.07.0440 uses weak permissions for vpnclient.ini, which allows local users to gain privileges by entering an arbitrary program name in the Command field of the ApplicationLauncher section.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.01 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.01.0600 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.02.0090 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.03.0530 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.03.0560 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.04.0300 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.05.0290 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.06.0160 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.07.0290 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.07.0410 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.07.0440 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.2 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.2.0090 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.5 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.6 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.7 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.7.0240 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.7.0290 All All All
Application Cisco Vpn Client 5.0.7.0440 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Vulnerability discovered in unsupported Cisco Systems VPN Client | Nettitude af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.nettitude.co.uk Exploit
Cisco VPN Client Weak 'vpnclient.ini' File Permissions Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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