CVE-2009-4118 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Cisco VPN Client for Windows, specifically affecting versions prior to 5.0.06.0100. The flaw resides in the cvpnd service's StartServiceCtrlDispatcher function, which mishandles an error when cvpnd.exe is manually started while the service is already running. This local vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low attack complexity and impact limited to service crashes and VPN connection loss. While an ExploitDB entry (EDB-10190) exists, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:2.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.0.5:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:vpn_client:3.5.1:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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