Cisco Secure Client Secure Firewall Posture Module Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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 filesystem with SYSTEM or root privileges. Although this vulnerability affects the Secure Firewall Posture module in Cisco Secure Client on Windows, macOS, and Linux operating systems, this vulnerability co
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- Vendor
- Cisco
- Product
- Firepower / FTD, AnyConnect / Secure Client
- EPSS
- 0.001 (p4)
- Fix
- available
- Exposure class
- Edge / VPN / firewall, Remote access
Why it ranks 37 (Notable)
- Exposed product class: edge / VPN / firewall, remote access
- Widely deployed vendor product (Cisco)
- Covered by 2 independent sources
- Fix available
- Vendor security advisory
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- Cisco PSIRT Security Advisories (sec.cloudapps.cisco.com)
- CVE-2026-76462 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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