Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Web-based Management Interface improper authentication

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Email Security Appliance. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-20798. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Email Security Appliance (Anti-Malware Software) (version unknown). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Web-based Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability in the external authentication functionality of Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, formerly known as Cisco Security Management Appliance (SMA), and Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and log in to the web management interface of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper authentication checks when an affected device uses Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) for external authentication. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by entering a specific input on the login page of the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the web-based management interface of the affected device.

The weakness was released 06/16/2022 by Cisco Security as cisco-sa-sma-esa-auth-bypass-66kEcxQD. The advisory is available at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-20798 since 11/02/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/16/2022).

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Anti-Malware Software

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• Cisco

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• Email Security Appliance
• Secure Email and Web Manager

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

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