CVE-2015-0605 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The uuencode inspection engine in Cisco AsyncOS on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices 8.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass intended content restrictions via a crafted e-mail attachment with uuencode encoding, aka Bug ID CSCzv54343.

Published: 2015-02-07

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-0618	The uuencode inspection engine in Cisco AsyncOS on Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices 8.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass intended content restrictions via a crafted e-mail attachment with uuencode encoding, aka Bug ID CSCzv54343.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00583.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/62829
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2015-0605
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=37384
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72528
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100695

History

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Subscriptions

Cisco Asyncos Email Security Appliance Firmware

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published: 2015-02-07T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:17:32.406Z

Reserved: 2015-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-0605

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-07T04:59:09.000

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-0605

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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