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Anyconnect Secure Mobility ClientApplication · Cisco

CVE-2014-3314

MEDIUM · 5.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2015-01-14
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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59/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cisco AnyConnect on Android and OS X does not properly verify the host type, which allows remote attackers to spoof authentication forms and possibly capture credentials via unspecified vectors, aka Bug IDs CSCuo24931 and CSCuo24940.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Android and OS X fails to properly verify the host type during authentication, allowing remote attackers to impersonate legitimate authentication prompts and capture user credentials through spoofed forms.

MitigationApply vendor-supplied patches from Cisco for AnyConnect. Until patched, exercise extreme caution with AnyConnect authentication prompts and verify the legitimacy of connection attempts through alternate channels.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Anyconnect Secure Mobility ClientApplication
Affected:all versions

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

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  1. Check if AnyConnect is installed on Android
    Go to Settings > Apps and look for 'Cisco AnyConnect' in the application list, or check the installed apps via adb: adb shell pm list packages | grep anyconnect
    Affected if Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client appears in the installed applications list on an Android device
  2. Check if AnyConnect is installed on OS X
    Open Finder > Applications folder and look for 'Cisco AnyConnect.app', or run: ls /Applications | grep -i anyconnect
    Affected if Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client application exists in the Applications folder on OS X
  3. Verify the AnyConnect version
    On Android, go to Settings > Apps > AnyConnect > Version info. On OS X, right-click the app > Get Info or run: defaults read /Applications/Cisco\ AnyConnect.app/Contents/Info CFBundleShortVersionString
    Affected if Any version number is displayed (all versions are affected per CVE-2014-3314)

If Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is installed on Android or OS X, the environment is affected since all versions contain the host type verification vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply vendor-supplied patches from Cisco for AnyConnect. Until patched, exercise extreme caution with AnyConnect authentication prompts and verify the legitimacy of connection attempts through alternate channels.

Fix this in Anyconnect Secure Mobility Client Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
16.0 hours of engineering $2,800
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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