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High severity · published Oct 28, 2016
CVE-2016-1486
A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could…
7.5
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in the email attachment scanning functionality of the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause an affected device to stop scanning and forwarding email messages due to a denial of service (DoS) condition. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software releases 9.7.1 and later, prior to the first fixed release, for both virtual and hardware Cisco Email Security Appliances, if the AMP feature is configured to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy99453. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-207 9.7.2-047.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Email Security Appliance · Cisco
8.5.0-000; 8.5.0-er1-198; 8.5.6-052; 8.5.6-073; 8.5.6-074; 8.5.6-106; +24 more · source: NVD
Affected product
ES
Email Security Appliance
Cisco
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1486
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1486
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93906
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037124
Vendor Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esa2
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