PT-2018-1815 · Cisco · Cisco Email Security Appliances

Published 2018-08-15 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2018-0419

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the attachment detection mechanisms of Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the filtering functionality of an affected system. The issue is due to the improper detection of content within executable (EXE) files. An attacker could exploit this by sending a customized EXE file that is not recognized and blocked by the ESA. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to send email messages that contain malicious executable files to unsuspecting users.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2018-01415

CVE-2018-0419

Affected Products

Cisco Email Security Appliances

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0419 · Security Note
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180815-esa-file-bypass · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01415 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105112 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1041531 · Note