High severity · published Oct 18, 2023
CVE-2023-5552
A password disclosure vulnerability in the Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) feature allows attackers with full email access to decrypt PDFs in Sophos Firewall version 19.5 MR3 (19.5.3)…
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A password disclosure vulnerability in the Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) feature allows attackers with full email access to decrypt PDFs in Sophos Firewall version 19.5 MR3 (19.5.3) and older, if the password type is set to “Specified by sender”.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/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)0.6% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firewall · Sophos
through 19.5.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5552
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5552
Vendor Advisory
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20231017-spx-password
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