VDB-212820 · CVE-2022-20868 · GCVE-0-2022-20868

Cisco ESA/Secure Email and Web Manager Next-generation UI Management Interface hard-coded key

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ESA and Secure Email and Web Manager. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Next-generation UI Management Interface. The manipulation results in hard-coded key. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-20868. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco ESA and Secure Email and Web Manager (version now known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Next-generation UI Management Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded key vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-321. The use of a hard-coded cryptographic key significantly increases the possibility that encrypted data may be recovered. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 11/02/2022 as cisco-sa-esasmawsa-vulns-YRuSW5mD. The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-20868. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.001.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Cisco

Name

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.cisco.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.7
CNA Vector (Cisco Systems, Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded key
CWE: CWE-321 / CWE-320
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

11/02/2021 🔍
11/02/2022 +365 days 🔍
11/02/2022 +0 days 🔍
12/03/2022 +31 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-esasmawsa-vulns-YRuSW5mD
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-20868 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-20868
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-212820

Entryinfo

Created: 11/02/2022 20:19
Updated: 12/03/2022 17:32
Changes: 11/02/2022 20:19 (36), 12/03/2022 17:25 (3), 12/03/2022 17:32 (21)
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