Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway Vulnerability Could Lead to Arbitrary System Command Execution
CVE-2024-20429

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Cisco
Status
Cisco Secure Email
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 July 2024

What is CVE-2024-20429?

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device.

This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in certain portions of the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least valid Operator credentials.

Affected Version(s)

Cisco Secure Email 11.0.3-238

Cisco Secure Email 11.1.0-069

Cisco Secure Email 11.1.0-131

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/C...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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