VYPR
Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-40124

CVE-2021-40124

Description

A vulnerability in the Network Access Manager (NAM) module of Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows could allow an authenticated, local attacker to escalate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to incorrect privilege assignment to scripts executed before user logon. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by configuring a script to be executed before logon. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

1

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.