SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-20185

Description

A vulnerability in the implementation of the remote access functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Cisco Secure Email Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials. This vulnerability is due to an architectural flaw in the password generation algorithm for the remote access functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a temporary password for the service account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root and access the underlying operating system. Note: The Security Impact Rating (SIR) for this vulnerability is Medium due to the unrestricted scope of information that is accessible to an attacker.

Product(s) Impacted

Product	Versions
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager	[]
Cisco Secure Web Appliance	[]
Cisco Secure Email Gateway	[]
Cisco AsyncOS Software	[]

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-250

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

References

https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esa-sma-wsa-multi-yKUJhS34

CVSS Score

3.4 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Privileges Required: HIGH
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: LOW
Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 5, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 5, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

More info

Source

psirt@cisco.com

CVE-2025-20185