National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0589

Overview

The Web Install ActiveX control (CSDWebInstaller) in Cisco Secure Desktop (CSD) before 3.5.841 does not properly verify the signatures of downloaded programs, which allows remote attackers to force the download and execution of arbitrary files via a crafted web page, aka Bug ID CSCta25876.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CISCO

Name: 20100414 Cisco Secure Desktop ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_advisory09186a0080b25d01.shtml

External Source: XF

Name: cisco-csdwebinstaller-code-execution(57812)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/57812

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-072/

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-072/

External Source: BID

Name: 39478

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39478

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023881

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1023881