High severity · published Jun 23, 2016
CVE-2016-1438
Cisco AsyncOS 9.7.0-125 on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices allows remote attackers to bypass intended spam filtering via crafted executable content in a ZIP archive, aka…
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cisco AsyncOS 9.7.0-125 on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices allows remote attackers to bypass intended spam filtering via crafted executable content in a ZIP archive, aka Bug ID CSCuy39210.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Asyncos · Cisco
9.7.0-125 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1438
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1438
Vendor Advisory
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160622-esa
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036156
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