CVE-2024-20429

July 17, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

CVSS Score

6.5 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway

Description

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco AsyncOS for Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation in certain portions of the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system with root privileges. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need at least valid Operator credentials.

Weaknesses

CWE-74
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

CWE ID: 74

Date

Published: July 17, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified: July 17, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

ykramarz@cisco.com

CVSS Data

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score
6.5
Exploitability Score
1.2
Impact Score
5.2
Base Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References