Vulnerability · Published May 22, 2020 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2020-3314Cisco AMP for Endpoints Mac Connector Software File Scan Denial of Service Vulnerability
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity improper input validation in Cisco AMP for Endpoints from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the file scan process of Cisco AMP for Endpoints Mac Connector Software could cause the scan engine to crash during the scan of local files, resulting in a restart of the AMP Connector and a denial of service (DoS) condition of the Cisco AMP for Endpoints service. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of specific file attributes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted file to a user of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Cisco AMP for Endpoints service to crash, resulting in missed detection and logging of the potentially malicious file. Continued attempts to scan the file could result in a DoS condition of the Cisco AMP for Endpoints service.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco AMP for Endpoints | n/a |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
References
- 20200520 Cisco AMP for Endpoints Mac Connector Software File Scan Denial of Service Vulnerability vendor-advisory, x_refsource_CISCO