CVE-2010-0440
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in +CSCOT+/translation in Cisco Secure Desktop 3.4.2048, and other versions before 3.5; as used in Cisco ASA appliance before 8.2(1), 8.1(2.7), and 8.0(5); allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted POST parameter, which is not properly handled by an eval statement in binary/mainv.js that writes to start.html.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0471)
- Published
- February 3, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0471 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / adaptive security appliance software
- cisco / asa 5500
- cisco / secure desktop
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38397(Third Party Advisory)
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=19843(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/cisco-secure-desktop-xss(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509290/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37960(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0273(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
Query CVEs from your AI assistant
The CVE/NVD Explorer brain answers CVE questions directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP assistant — always up to date, no setup. Add it once and stop pasting advisories into chat.
Add the CVE brain