CVE-2023-5552 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A password disclosure vulnerability in the Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) feature allows attackers with full email access to decrypt PDFs in Sophos Firewall version 19.5 MR3 (19.5.3) and older, if the password type is set to “Specified by sender”.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sophos	Firewall

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-57852	A password disclosure vulnerability in the Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) feature allows attackers with full email access to decrypt PDFs in Sophos Firewall version 19.5 MR3 (19.5.3) and older, if the password type is set to “Specified by sender”.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20231017-spx-password

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2023-10-17T23:29:12.601Z

Updated: 2024-09-13T16:21:10.363Z

Reserved: 2023-10-12T05:55:23.384Z

Link: CVE-2023-5552

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:59:44.981Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-18T00:15:10.257

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:41:59.903

Link: CVE-2023-5552

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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