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CVE-2021-1237

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-1237 is a DLL injection vulnerability affecting the Network Access Manager and Web Security Agent components of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this by inserting a malicious configuration file, leading to arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires local access and valid credentials, but its impact is significant. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.9.04043CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:anyconnect_secure_mobility_client:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-anyconnect-dll-injec-pQnryXLf
Vendor Advisory