CVE-2006-2679 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-2679

Unspecified vulnerability in the VPN Client for Windows Graphical User...

Vulnerability Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the VPN Client for Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI) (aka the VPN client dialer) in Cisco VPN Client for Windows 4.8.00.* and earlier, except for 4.7.00.0533, allows local authenticated, interactive users to gain privileges, possibly due to privileges of dialog boxes, aka bug ID CSCsd79265.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

vpn client
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0, 3.0, 3.0.5, 3.1, 3.5.1, 3.5.1c, 3.5.2, 4.7.00.0000, 4.8.00.0000

Timeline

Official Publish: May 31st, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.