SB2018011912 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Email Security and Content Security Management Appliance



SB2018011912 - Privilege escalation in Cisco Email Security and Content Security Management Appliance

Published: January 19, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018011912
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0095)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists in the administrative shell of the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) due to an incorrect networking configuration at the administrative shell CLI. A local attacker can authenticate to the targeted device, issue a set of crafted, malicious commands at the administrative shell and gain root privileges.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.