CVE-2009-5007 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Cisco AnyConnect SSL VPN trial client for Linux. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on temporary files, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. While the CVSS score is low (3.3) due to requiring local access and medium attack complexity, the potential impact includes data integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cisco:anyconnect_ssl_vpn:-:-:trial_client:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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