01 Record

CVE-2015-6305

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the CMainThread::launchDownloader function in vpndownloader.exe in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 2.0 through 4.1 on Windows allows local users to gain

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the CMainThread::launchDownloader function in vpndownloader.exe in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 2.0 through 4.1 on Windows allows local users to gain

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 67.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2015-09-25 01:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 07:15Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-08-17

Assigning CNA

cisco

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

1c82ed6257eefc2687cabdbbbdcc3a558e212e063c0908dfc659883672380b19

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_clientNot specified—

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

06 References

www.securitytracker.com1033643http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033643vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.exploit-db.com38289https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38289/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
seclists.org20150922 Cisco AnyConnect elevation of privileges via DLL side loadinghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/80mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
tools.cisco.com20150922 Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilityhttp://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=41136vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO
code.google.comhttps://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=460x_refsource_MISC
packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133876/Cisco-AnyConnect-Secure-Mobility-Client-3.1.08009-Privilege-Elevation.htmlx_refsource_MISC