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CVE-2025-20206

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
05/03/2025
Last modified:
22/07/2025

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.<br /> <br /> 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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
7.10
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:secure_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.1.8.105 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools