CVE-2011-2678: Cisco VPN Client

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Cisco VPN Client 5.0.7.0240 and 5.0.7.0290 on 64-bit Windows platforms uses weak permissions (NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE:F) for cvpnd.exe, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing this executable file with an arbitrary program, aka Bug ID CSCtn50645. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2007-4415 regression.

Affected products

• Cisco VPN Client: version 5.0.7.0240 only; version 5.0.7.0290 only

Published 2011-07-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.