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CVE-2010-0440

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in +CSCOT+/translation in Cisco Secure Desktop 3.4.2048, and other versions bef

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in +CSCOT+/translation in Cisco Secure Desktop 3.4.2048, and other versions before 3.5.

as used in Cisco ASA appliance before 8.2(1), 8.1(2.7), and 8.0(5)

allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted POST parameter, which is not properly handled by an eval statement in binary/mainv.js that writes to start.html.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.3064
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules1 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

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cisco secure desktop< 3.5
cisco adaptive security appliance software>= 8.1 and < 8.1\(2.7\)
cisco adaptive security appliance software>= 8.0 and < 8.0\(5\)
cisco adaptive security appliance software>= 8.2 and < 8.2\(1\)
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Public Exploits & PoCs

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remoteCisco Secure Desktop 3.x - 'translation' Cross-Site Scriptingverified
pocwww.coresecurity.com · cisco-secure-desktop-xsswww.coresecurity.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 37960www.securityfocus.com
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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productmediumUAC Secure Desktop Prompt Disabled
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD03 Feb 2010 · 06:30 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/38397Third Party Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=19843PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509290/100/0/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0273Third Party Advisory
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