CVE-2012-3052 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious DLL in the current working directory of the Cisco VPN Client.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2012-3052?

CVE-2012-3052 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Cisco VPN Client 5.0 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, aka Bug ID CSCua28747.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3052?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Vpn Client.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3052?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-3052 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-3052 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3052 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2767-v9j6-723w.

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