CVE-2011-2039
The helper application in Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client (formerly AnyConnect VPN Client) before 2.3.185 on Windows, and on Windows Mobile, downloads a client executable file (vpndownloader.exe) without verifying its authenticity, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the url property to a certain ActiveX control in vpnweb.ocx, aka Bug ID CSCsy00904.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 70.0% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2033)
- Published
- June 2, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2033 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cisco / anyconnect secure mobility client
- cisco / anyconnect secure mobility client
- cisco / anyconnect secure mobility client
- cisco / anyconnect secure mobility client
- cisco / anyconnect secure mobility client
- cisco / anyconnect secure mobility client
- cisco / anyconnect secure mobility client
- cisco / anyconnect secure mobility client
- microsoft / windows
- microsoft / windows mobile
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=909
- http://osvdb.org/72714
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8272
- http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080b80123.shtml(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/490097(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025591
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67739
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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