PT-2016-4788 · Cisco · Cisco Asyncos

Published 2016-06-23 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2016-1438

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco AsyncOS version 9.7.0-125

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass intended spam filtering via crafted executable content in a ZIP archive.

Recommendations For Cisco AsyncOS version 9.7.0-125, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, although the specific fixed version is not provided in the available data. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the handling of ZIP archives with executable content to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-1438

Affected Products

Cisco Asyncos

References · 4

• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160622-esa · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1438 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1438 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036156 · Note