SB2025020621 - Privilege escalation in Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway, Secure Web Appliance and Secure Email and Web Manager
Published: February 6, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025020621
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Execution with unnecessary privileges (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20185)
CWE-ID: CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an architectural flaw in the password generation algorithm for the remote access functionality. A local user can generate a temporary password for the service account and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.