CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-6458

7.5 HIGH Published 2016-11-19 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-11-19
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

A vulnerability in the content filtering functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass content filters configured on an affected device. Email that should have been filtered could instead be forwarded by the device. This vulnerability affects all releases prior to the first fixed release of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances, both virtual and hardware appliances, if the software is configured to use a content filter for email attachments that are protected or encrypted. More Information: CSCva52546. Known Affected Releases: 10.0.0-125 9.7.1-066.

Affected configurations

• cisco email security appliance firmware 9.7.1-066 • cisco email security appliance firmware 9.7.2-046 • cisco email security appliance firmware 9.7.2-047 • cisco email security appliance firmware 9.7.2-054 • cisco email security appliance firmware 9.9.6-026 • cisco email security appliance firmware 9.9 base • cisco email security appliance firmware 10.0.0-124 • cisco email security appliance firmware 10.0.0-125

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References