CVE-2010-0440 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.7% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.74% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2010-02-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cisco | adaptive security appliance software |
| cisco | asa 5500 |
| cisco | secure desktop |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Cisco Secure Desktop 3.x - 'translation' Cross-Site Scripting | 2010-01-26 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38397
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=19843
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/cisco-secure-desktop-xss
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509290/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37960
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38397
- http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=19843
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/cisco-secure-desktop-xss
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509290/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37960
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0273
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