Cisco Email Security Appliance Sender Policy Framework privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in Cisco Email Security Appliance (Anti-Malware Software) (unknown version) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Sender Policy Framework. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 08/08/2019 as cisco-sa-20190807-esm-inject as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at tools.cisco.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-1955 since 12/06/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 08/08/2019).

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
08/08/2019 +245 days Advisory disclosed
08/08/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/08/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: cisco.com

Advisory: cisco-sa-20190807-esm-inject
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2019-1955 (🔒)

Created: 08/08/2019 06:58 PM
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