{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2020-3153 in the wild since at least 24 Oct 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3153 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 14 Nov 2022.","what":"CVE-2020-3153 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client, published on 19 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-3153 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-3153 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client, published on 19 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2020-3153 in the wild since at least 24 Oct 2022, including in ransomware campaigns.\n\nAffected product: Cisco Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3153/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3153/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-3153","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3153/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-3153","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-xpxv-rfwh-rcfc"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Cisco AnyConnect Client","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can copy malicious files to system directories with system privileges, enabling DLL hijacking and privilege escalation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"cisco","cpe":[{"product":"anyconnect_secure_mobility_client","vendor":"cisco"}],"cvss":{"score":6.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2020-05-04","github_poc":3,"max_poc_stars":103,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2020-05-19T18:59:26Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/goichot/CVE-2020-3153","stars":103,"title":"Cisco AnyConnect \u003c 4.8.02042 privilege escalation through path traversal"},{"date":"2020-05-04T18:36:22Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/shubham0d/CVE-2020-3153","stars":5,"title":"POC code for CVE-2020-3153 - Cisco anyconnect path traversal vulnerability"},{"date":"2020-05-15T11:40:02Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/raspberry-pie/CVE-2020-3153","stars":0,"title":"PoC for CVE-2020-3153 Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client EoP"},{"date":"2020-08-05","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/windows/local/anyconnect_lpe","stars":null,"title":"Cisco AnyConnect Privilege Escalations (CVE-2020-3153 and CVE-2020-3433)"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Uncontrolled Search Path","id":"CVE-2020-3153","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-10-24","dueDate":"2022-11-14","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Known","product":"AnyConnect Secure","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","vendorProject":"Cisco","vulnerabilityName":"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Uncontrolled Search Path Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"cisco:anyconnect_secure_mobility_client","products":["cisco:anyconnect_secure_mobility_client"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"Cisco Cloud Web Security SQL Injection Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2020-3154"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2020-3152"},"products":["Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client"],"published":"2020-02-19","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows DLL Hijacking","id":"CVE-2020-3433","kev_date_added":"2022-10-24","published":"2020-08-17"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Security feature bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-3088","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2012-09-16"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2012-2493","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2012-06-20"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2011-2040","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2011-06-02"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Cisco Secure Client","id":"CVE-2023-20178","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-06-28"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows with VPN Posture (HostScan) Module DLL Hijacking Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-1366","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-02-17"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-12","vendors":["Cisco"]},"summary":"Local attackers can copy malicious files to system directories with system privileges, enabling DLL hijacking and privilege escalation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-3153/"}