CVE-2011-2040

critical Cisco
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
2.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 16% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: June 2, 2011 (5459 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Cisco
Source: NVD

Description

The helper application in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (formerly AnyConnect VPN Client) before 2.5.3041, and 3.0.x before 3.0.629, on Linux and Mac OS X downloads a client executable file (vpndownloader.exe) without verifying its authenticity, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the url property to a Java applet, aka Bug ID CSCsy05934.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

cisco anyconnect secure mobility client

References

🔗 labs.idefense.com 🔗 www.cisco.com 🔗 www.kb.cert.org 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com