SB2020010920 - Service Hijack in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Android



SB2020010920 - Service Hijack in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Android

Published: January 9, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020010920
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Physical access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Insufficient verification of data authenticity (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16007)

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

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.