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VAR-202101-1014

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2024-11-23 22:44

A vulnerability in the loading process of specific DLLs in Cisco Proximity Desktop for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to load a malicious library. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must have valid credentials on the Windows system. This vulnerability is due to incorrect handling of directory paths at run time. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by placing a malicious DLL file in a specific location on the targeted system. This file will execute when the vulnerable application launches. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system with the privileges of another user’s account. Desk is a writing, blogging and note-taking app by an individual developer. Microsoft Windows is a desktop operating system of Microsoft Corporation in the United States

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CVE-2021-1240 (GCVE-0-2021-1240)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-13 21:17 – Updated: 2024-11-12 20:47

Title

Cisco Proximity Desktop for Windows DLL Hijacking Vulnerability

Summary

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-427

Assigner

cisco

References

URL

Tags

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/C…

vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCO

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Cisco	Cisco Proximity	Affected: n/a

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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.

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VAR-202101-1014

CVE-2021-1240 (GCVE-0-2021-1240)

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature