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.
Published: 2023-02-16
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-24188 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.
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Cisco Email Security Appliance Secure Email And Web Manager
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:57:35.597Z

Reserved: 2022-10-27T18:47:50.307Z

Link: CVE-2023-20009

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-01T08:15:11.767

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:40:20.017

Link: CVE-2023-20009

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