Cisco Email Security Appliance up to 9.7.0-125 Malware Detection Email Attachment input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Email Security Appliance up to 9.7.0-125. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Malware Detection. The manipulation as part of Email Attachment leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1461. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Cisco Email Security Appliance up to 9.7.0-125 (Anti-Malware Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Malware Detection. The manipulation as part of a Email Attachment leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices through 9.7.0-125 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted attachment in an e-mail message, aka Bug ID CSCuz14932.

The weakness was shared 08/01/2016 with Cisco as CSCuz14932 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-1461 since 01/04/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/09/2022).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 92155†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 900076
OpenVAS Name: Cisco Email Security Appliance File Type Filtering Vulnerability
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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01/04/2016 🔍
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07/31/2016 +4 days 🔍
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09/09/2022 +2230 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: cisco.com

Advisory: CSCuz14932
Organization: Cisco
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-1461 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1461
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90389
SecurityFocus: 92155 - Cisco Email Security Appliance CVE-2016-1461 Remote Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036470

Entryinfo

Created: 08/01/2016 13:09
Updated: 09/09/2022 15:12
Changes: 08/01/2016 13:09 (56), 03/14/2019 16:58 (12), 09/09/2022 15:12 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:1C6:103

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