CVE-2012-2495

Cisco AnyConnect < 3.0 MR8 / Secure Desktop < 3.6.6020 Version Downgrade

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The HostScan downloader implementation in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 3.x before 3.0 MR8 and Cisco Secure Desktop before 3.6.6020 does not compare the timestamp of offered software to the timestamp of installed software, which allows remote attackers to force a version downgrade by using (1) ActiveX or (2) Java components to offer signed code that corresponds to an older software release, aka Bug ID CSCtx74235.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

EPSS 0.0140
EPSS Percentile 69.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (18)
cisco/anyconnect_secure_mobility_client 3.0
cisco/secure_desktop 3.1
cisco/secure_desktop 3.1.1
cisco/secure_desktop 3.1.1.27
cisco/secure_desktop 3.1.1.33
cisco/secure_desktop 3.1.1.45
cisco/secure_desktop 3.2
cisco/secure_desktop 3.2.1
cisco/secure_desktop 3.3
cisco/secure_desktop 3.4
... and 8 more
Published Jun 20, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026