CVEvulnerability

CVE-2023-20075

6.7 MEDIUM Published 2023-03-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2023-03-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.0 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.7 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-77, CWE-78

Description

Vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Secure Email Gateway could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands. These vulnerability is due to improper input validation in the CLI. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting operating system commands into a legitimate command. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to escape the restricted command prompt and execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system. To successfully exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need valid Administrator credentials.

Affected configurations

• cisco email security appliance (>= 12.5.0 < 12.5.3-041) • cisco email security appliance (>= 13.0.0 < 13.0.5-007) • cisco email security appliance (>= 13.5.0 < 13.5.4-038) • cisco email security appliance (>= 14.0.0 < 14.2.1-020) • cisco email security appliance (>= 14.3.0 < 14.3.0-032)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

References