A vulnerability in the spam quarantine of Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance could allow an aut…

Published 8 y ago 2018-02-08 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

6.5

v3.1 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.6%

percentile 75%

Public exploits

none known

A vulnerability in the spam quarantine of Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to download any message from the spam quarantine by modifying browser string information. The vulnerability is due to a lack of verification of authenticated user accounts. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying browser strings to see messages submitted by other users to the spam quarantine within their company. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg39759, CSCvg42295.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago 2024-12-02

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.56% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	4.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

n/a Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-425 Direct Request

References

securitytracker.com /id/1040339 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-esacsm · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/103090 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1040338 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-0140
NVD: CVE-2018-0140

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Summary