CVE-2012-2495

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client: 3.0
Cisco Secure Desktop: through 3.5.2008; 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.1.27, 3.1.1.33, 3.1.1.45, 3.2 (+10)

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120620-ac
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120620-ac

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