High severity · published Oct 28, 2016
CVE-2016-1480
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA)…
7.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device. Affected Products: all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco ESA and Cisco WSA, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured with message or content filters to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuw03606, CSCux59734. Known Affected Releases: 8.0.0-000 8.5.6-106 9.0.0-000 9.1.0-032 9.6.0-042 9.5.0-444 WSA10.0.0-000. Known Fixed Releases: 9.1.1-038 9.7.1-066.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Email Security Appliance · Cisco
8.0.1-023; 8.0_base; 8.5.0-000; 8.5.0-er1-198; 8.5.6-052; 8.5.6-073; +25 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1480
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1480
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93914
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037116
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037117
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esawsa1
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