A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to perform a DLL hijacking attack. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system. The 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 the AnyConnect 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 would need to have valid credentials on the Windows system.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published: 2020-08-17T18:01:06.828Z
Updated: 2025-10-21T23:35:38.115Z
Reserved: 2019-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-3433
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    Updated: 2024-08-04T07:37:54.304Z
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-08-17T18:15:12.947
Modified: 2025-10-28T13:58:07.407
Link: CVE-2020-3433
 Redhat
                        Redhat
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