Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Cisco Secure Client for Windows - CVE-2025-20206

 

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Cisco Secure Client for Windows - CVE-2025-20206

Published: March 6, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU105375
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20206
CWE-ID: CWE-347
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Secure Client for Windows

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of resources that are loaded by the application at run time within the interprocess communication (IPC) channel. A local user can send a specially crafted IPC message and execute arbitrary code on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-20206

Install updates from vendor's website.

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