Cisco Email Security Appliance Attachment Detection Bypass privilege escalation

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Cisco Email Security Appliance (Anti-Malware Software). Affected is a function of the component Attachment Detection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability (Bypass). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 05/03/2019 as cisco-sa-20190501-esa-bypass as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-1844 since 12/06/2018. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $25k-$100k (estimation calculated on 05/03/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Vendor

• Cisco

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• Email Security Appliance

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.3

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Class: Privilege escalation / Bypass (CWE-269)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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0-Day Time: ?12/06/2018 CVE assigned
05/03/2019 +148 days Advisory disclosed
05/03/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/03/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: cisco-sa-20190501-esa-bypass
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-1844 (?)

Created: 05/03/2019 10:18 PM
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