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Cisco Email Security Appliance EXE File Scanning Bypass Vulnerability

cisco-sa-20180815-esa-file-bypass · Medium · Published · Updated

A vulnerability in certain attachment detection mechanisms of Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass the filtering functionality of an affected system. The vulnerability is due to the improper detection of content within executable (EXE) files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a customized EXE file that is not recognized and blocked by the ESA. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to send email messages that contain malicious executable files to unsuspecting users. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link: https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180815-esa-file-bypass

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Workarounds

There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

CVEsCVE-2018-0419
Cisco Bug IDsCSCvh03786
CVSS ScoreBase 5.3
Base 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:X/RL:X/RC:X
Product Names From Source
Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA), Cisco Secure Email

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