Vulnerability · Published Feb 5, 2025 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2025-20185Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Secure Email Gateway, and Secure Web Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Low 3.4
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in Cisco Secure Email from Cisco. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability in the implementation of the remote access functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Cisco Secure Email Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials. This vulnerability is due to an architectural flaw in the password generation algorithm for the remote access functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a temporary password for the service account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root and access the underlying operating system. Note: The Security Impact Rating (SIR) for this vulnerability is Medium due to the unrestricted scope of information that is accessible to an attacker.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 14.0.0-69813.5.1-27713.0.0-39214.2.0-62013.0.5-00713.5.4-03814.2.1-02014.3.0-032 |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager | 13.6.2-02313.6.2-07813.0.0-24913.0.0-27713.8.1-05213.8.1-06813.8.1-07414.0.0-404 |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Web Appliance | 11.8.0-45312.5.3-00212.0.3-00712.0.3-00514.1.0-03214.1.0-04714.1.0-04112.0.4-002 |
Weakness: CWE-250 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N