7.5high

CVE-2016-6372

A vulnerability in the email message and content filtering for malformed Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) headers of Cisco Asyn…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.6%
percentile 76%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the email message and content filtering for malformed Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) headers of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) and Web Security Appliances (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the filtering functionality of the targeted device. Emails that should have been quarantined could instead be processed. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco ESA and Cisco WSA on both virtual and hardware appliances that are configured with message or content filters to scan incoming email attachments. More Information: CSCuy54740, CSCuy75174. Known Affected Releases: 9.7.1-066 9.5.0-575 WSA10.0.0-000. Known Fixed Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.1.1-038 9.7.2-047.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.63% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Cisco AsyncOS through WSA10.0.0-000

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161026-esawsa2 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/93911 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037118 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037119 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

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