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Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client ActiveX URL Property Download and Execute

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Disclosed
Jun 1, 2011
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability in the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client
vpnweb.ocx ActiveX control. This control is typically used to install the
VPN client. An attacker can set the 'url' property which is where the control
tries to locate the files needed to install the client.

The control tries to download two files from the site specified within the
'url' property. One of these files it will be stored in a temporary directory and
executed.

Author

bannedit [email protected]

Platform

Windows

Architectures

x86

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/windows/browser/cisco_anyconnect_exec
    msf exploit(cisco_anyconnect_exec) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(cisco_anyconnect_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(cisco_anyconnect_exec) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(cisco_anyconnect_exec) > exploit
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