Description
A vulnerability in the email parsing of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the underlying operating system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation in the email parsing logic. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email message that contains malicious SQL statements through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements, leading to command execution with root privileges on the underlying operating system.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected products
- Cisco / asyncos15.5.5-014
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email13.5.1-277 – 13.5.1-277
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email13.0.0-392 – 13.0.0-392
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email14.2.0-620 – 14.2.0-620
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email13.0.5-007 – 13.0.5-007
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email13.5.4-038 – 13.5.4-038
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email14.2.1-020 – 14.2.1-020
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email14.3.0-032 – 14.3.0-032
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email15.0.0-104 – 15.0.0-104
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email15.0.1-030 – 15.0.1-030
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email15.5.0-048 – 15.5.0-048
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email15.5.1-055 – 15.5.1-055
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email14.0.0-698 – 14.0.0-698
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email16.0.0-050 – 16.0.0-050
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email15.0.3-002 – 15.0.3-002
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email16.0.0-054 – 16.0.0-054
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email15.5.3-022 – 15.5.3-022
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email16.0.1-017 – 16.0.1-017
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email15.5.4-012 – 15.5.4-012
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email16.0.4-016 – 16.0.4-016
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email15.0.5-016 – 15.0.5-016
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email16.0.2-112 – 16.0.2-112
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email16.0.3-044 – 16.0.3-044
- Cisco / Cisco Secure Email15.5.2-018 – 15.5.2-018
News coverage
- Cisco Secure Email Gateway Flaw Exploited in the Wild, Enables Root Command ExecutionThe Hacker News · 6d ago
Updated 9m ago · 8 sources