CVE-2012-4655

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-09-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The WebLaunch feature in Cisco Secure Desktop before 3.6.6020 does not properly validate binaries that are received by the downloader process, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving (1) ActiveX or (2) Java components, aka Bug IDs CSCtz76128 and CSCtz78204.

Affected products

Cisco Secure Desktop: 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.1.27, 3.1.1.33, 3.1.1.45, 3.2 (+19)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/50669
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120620-ac
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55606
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78677
http://secunia.com/advisories/50669
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20120620-ac
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55606
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78677

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