Service Hijack in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Android

1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity

EUVDB-ID: #VU24169

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16007

CWE-ID: CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a service hijack attack on an affected device or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the use of implicit service invocations in the inter-service communication. An attacker with physical access can trick a victim to install a malicious application and access confidential user information or cause a denial of service condition on the AnyConnect application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client: before 4.8.00826

External links

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20200108-anyconnect-hijack

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. The attacker should have physical access to the system in order to successfully exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.