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FKIE_CVE-2012-2495

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-06-20 20:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:41

Severity

Summary

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

	URL	Tags
	psirt@cisco.com	http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120620-ac	Vendor Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120620-ac	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
cisco	anyconnect_secure_mobility_client	3.0
cisco	secure_desktop	*
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
cisco	secure_desktop	3.4.1
cisco	secure_desktop	3.4.2
cisco	secure_desktop	3.4.2048
cisco	secure_desktop	3.5
cisco	secure_desktop	3.5.841
cisco	secure_desktop	3.5.1077
cisco	secure_desktop	3.5.2001

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CVE-2012-2495 (GCVE-0-2012-2495)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-20 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:28

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

cisco CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 66/100 over 434 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/Ci…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Vulnerability timeline

Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC

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How durations are calculated

Following the VTEM framework (Black Hat USA 2015), time to patch starts when the vendor or a coordinator was informed, total time to patch at discovery, and disclosure to patch at public disclosure; vendor response time runs from the report to its acknowledgement. Time to exploit and time unpatched start at the earliest discovery or report, falling back to public disclosure. Unpatched time ends at the first recorded patch, or the calculation time when no patch is recorded. Exploitation to patch shows the interval between those two events; a published proof of concept is a public exploit, not exploitation.

Each result shows its source dates. A negative interval means the end event came first; when date-only inputs leave the order open, the result says so. Date-only inputs are approximate. The earliest evidence wins: KEV report dates and sightings are labelled as such. Records describing another vulnerability are listed but never calculated from, and a PoC alone does not establish exploitation. Missing patch evidence does not prove that no patch exists. Filters below change the event list only.

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