A vulnerability in the installer component of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to system level directories with system level privileges. The vulnerability is due to the incorrect handling of directory paths. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. An exploit could allow the attacker to copy malicious files to arbitrary locations with system level privileges. This could include DLL pre-loading, DLL hijacking, and other related attacks. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published:
Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:51.038Z
Reserved: 2019-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-3153
Updated: 2024-08-04T07:24:00.700Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-02-19T20:15:15.113
Modified: 2025-10-22T00:17:07.240
Link: CVE-2020-3153
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