Vulnerability · Published Feb 16, 2023 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2023-20009
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity improper input validation 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 2.2% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
A vulnerability in the Web UI and administrative CLI of the Cisco Secure Email Gateway (ESA) and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager (SMA) could allow an authenticated remote attacker and or authenticated local attacker to escalate their privilege level and gain root access. The attacker has to have a valid user credential with at least a [[privilege of operator - validate actual name]]. The vulnerability is due to the processing of a specially crafted SNMP configuration file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by authenticating to the targeted device and uploading a specially crafted SNMP configuration file that when uploaded could allow for the execution of commands as root. An exploit could allow the attacker to gain root access on the device.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 11.0.3-23811.1.0-06911.1.0-13111.1.0-12812.0.0-41912.1.0-07112.1.0-08712.1.0-089 |
| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager | 11.0.0-11511.0.1-16111.5.1-10512.0.0-45212.0.1-01112.5.0-63612.5.0-65812.5.0-678 |
Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N