PT-2023-6472 · Cisco · Cisco Secure Email/Web Manager+1

Ly1G3 · Published 2023-02-15 · Updated 2024-01-25 · CVE-2023-20009

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.9

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cisco Secure Email Gateway (ESA) and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager (SMA) (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in the Web UI and administrative CLI of the affected systems could allow an authenticated remote or local attacker to escalate their privilege level and gain root access. The attacker must have a valid user credential with at least a privilege of operator. The vulnerability is due to the processing of a specially crafted SNMP configuration file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and uploading a specially crafted SNMP configuration file that, when uploaded, could allow for the execution of commands as root. This could allow the attacker to gain root access on the device.

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

RCE

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-07199

CVE-2023-20009

Affected Products

Cisco Secure Email Gateway

Cisco Secure Email/Web Manager

References · 5

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07199 · Security Note
• https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-sma-privesc-9DVkFpJ8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20009 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/true_secator/4084 · Telegram Post