CVE-2017-12268

medium
Published 2017-10-05 ยท Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.5

Description

A vulnerability in the Network Access Manager (NAM) of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client could allow an authenticated, local attacker to enable multiple network adapters, aka a Dual-Homed Interface vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to insufficient NAM policy enforcement. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating network interfaces of the device to allow multiple active network interfaces. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to send traffic over a non-authorized network interface. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf66539.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
65%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
cisco ciscoanyconnect_secure_mobility_client4.5\(822\)

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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