Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance up to 6.5.0.0 missing encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance up to 6.5.0.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Encryption. Performing a manipulation results in missing encryption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0143. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance up to 6.5.0.0. This affects some unknown processing of the component Encryption. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the administrative interface in the embedded HTTPS server on the Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance 6.2.x before 6.2.9.1 and 6.5.x before 6.5.2, and the IronPort PostX MAP before 6.2.9.1, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unknown vectors, aka IronPort Bug 65921.

The weakness was presented 02/11/2010 by Alex (Website). The advisory is shared at cisco.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0143 since 01/04/2010. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70073 (Cisco IronPort PostX < 6.2.9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CISCO.

Upgrading to version 6.5.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56187), Tenable (70073), SecurityFocus (BID 38168†), Secunia (SA38525†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24854†). See VDB-51815 and VDB-51814 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Missing encryption
CWE: CWE-311 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 70073
Nessus Name: Cisco IronPort PostX < 6.2.9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IronPort Encryption Appliance 6.5.0.1

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02/10/2010 +37 days 🔍
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09/23/2013 +1315 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +541 days 🔍
04/30/2026 +4061 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco.com
Researcher: Alex
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0143 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0143
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51813

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X-Force: 56187
SecurityFocus: 38168 - Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance Administration Interface Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 38525 - Cisco IronPort Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 24854 - [cisco-sa-20100210-ironport] Cisco IronPort Encryption Appliance Allows Reading Arbitrary Files, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 04/30/2026 19:11
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (61), 02/21/2017 08:09 (13), 09/02/2021 09:09 (3), 04/30/2026 19:11 (17)
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