Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that could allow an authenticated local attacker to install and execute an arbitrary executable with privileges equivalent to the Windows SYSTEM account. The issue affects Windows deployments of the client and is exploitable from a local authenticated context. Specific vulnerable code paths or functions are not provided, but the flaw results in improper privilege handling that enables elevation from a normal local user context to SYSTEM.
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What an attacker gets, and what they’ve been doing with it.
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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.
Products and vendors Mallory has correlated with this vulnerability. Open in Mallory to drill down to specific CPE configurations and version ranges.
Vendor-confirmed product mapping. Mallory continuously reconciles this list against your asset inventory.
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Local privilege escalation vulnerability referenced as supported by PoshC2 modules.
Windows local privilege escalation vulnerability referenced as a module in PoshC2.
Local privilege escalation vulnerability referenced as supported by PoshC2 modules.
A specific CVE identifier mentioned only as the name of a PoshC2 PowerShell module in an appendix list, without any description of the vulnerability itself.
Query your assets running an affected version, and investigate the blast radius.
Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.