Security restrictions bypass in Cisco Content Security Management Appliance - CVE-2018-0140

 

Security restrictions bypass in Cisco Content Security Management Appliance - CVE-2018-0140

Published: February 8, 2018 / Updated: February 9, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10421
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0140
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Cisco Systems, Inc
Affected software:
Cisco Content Security Management Appliance

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists in the spam quarantine due to a lack of verification of authenticated user accounts. A remote attacker can modify browser strings to see and download messages submitted by other users to the spam quarantine within their company.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-0140

Install update from vendor's website.

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