Cisco Email Security Appliance Content Filter Attachment privilege escalation

A vulnerability has been found in Cisco Email Security Appliance (Anti-Malware Software) (affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Content Filter. The manipulation as part of a Attachment leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/06/2019 as cisco-sa-20190703-esa-bypass as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-1921 since 12/06/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/06/2019).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• Cisco

Name

• Email Security Appliance

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: Upgrade
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12/06/2018 CVE assigned
07/06/2019 +212 days Advisory disclosed
07/06/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/06/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20190703-esa-bypass
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-1921 (🔒)

Created: 07/06/2019 10:13 AM
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