Cisco Secure Client Secure Firewall Posture Module Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Cisco Secure Client's Secure Firewall Posture module due to insufficient IPC input validation.
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A vulnerability in the interprocess communication (IPC) channel of the Secure Firewall Posture module in Cisco Secure Client could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a series of crafted IPC messages to a local socket. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to perform limited file write operations on the filesy