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CVE-2019-1844

Cisco Email Security Appliance Filter Bypass Vulnerability

Published: May 3, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 25.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A vulnerability in certain attachment detection mechanisms of the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the filtering functionality of an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper detection of certain content sent to an affected device. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending certain file types without Content-Disposition information to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to send messages that contain malicious content to users.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

Cisco Systems Inc.
commercial·USaka Cisco, cisco systems
Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)
Networking Infrastructure
Email Security Appliances
Networking Infrastructure
email security appliance
Networking Infrastructure

Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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References

https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-esa-bypass
tools.cisco.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108149
securityfocus.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1844
nvd.nist.gov

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