CVE-2016-6465

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 4.3
Description
A vulnerability in the content filtering functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances and Cisco Web Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass user filters that are configured for an affected device. Affected Products: This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for both virtual and hardware versions of the following Cisco products: Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESAs) that are configured to use message or content filters that scan incoming email attachments; Cisco Web Security Appliances (WSAs) that are configured to use services that scan accessed web content. More Information: CSCva90076, CSCvb06764. Known Affected Releases: 10.0.0-125 8.5.7-042 9.7.2-047.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6465
  • Assigner
  • ykramarz@cisco.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-12-14T00:59:04
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-01-05T13:41:25
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.7-042:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:9.7.2-047:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:10.0.0-125:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:email_security_appliance:10.0.0-232:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161207-esa Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94901 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037404 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6465
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6465
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:51:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:24:57 psirt@cisco.com ykramarz@cisco.com CVE Assigner updated
2022-12-02 12:24:58 2016-12-14T00:59Z 2016-12-14T00:59:04 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 12:24:58 2017-01-05T13:41:25 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 12:24:58 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated