VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-2493

critical
Published 2012-06-20 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.3

Description

The VPN downloader implementation in the WebLaunch feature in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 2.x before 2.5 MR6 on Windows, and 2.x before 2.5 MR6 and 3.x before 3.0 MR8 on Mac OS X and Linux, does not properly validate binaries that are received by the downloader process, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving (1) ActiveX or (2) Java components, aka Bug ID CSCtw47523.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
linux linux-kernelnot-affected
macos macosnot-affected

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.0
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.1
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.2
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.2.128
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.2.133
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.2.136
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.2.140
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.3
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.3.185
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.3.254
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.3.2016
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.4
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.4.0202
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.4.1012
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client2.5
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client3.0

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.