CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
46.6%
A vulnerability in the content filtering functionality of Cisco AsyncOS
Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass user
filters that are configured for an affected device.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/h:cisco:email_security_appliance";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106457");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6465");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_version("2023-07-20T05:05:17+0000");
script_name("Cisco Email Security Appliance Content Filter Bypass Vulnerability");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20161207-esa");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"See the referenced vendor advisory for a solution.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A vulnerability in the content filtering functionality of Cisco AsyncOS
Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass user
filters that are configured for an affected device.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The vulnerability is due to improper filtering of certain TAR format files
that are attached to email messages. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email message
that has a crafted TAR file attachment through an affected device.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"A successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass user filters that
are configured for the device.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-20 05:05:17 +0000 (Thu, 20 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-01-05 13:41:00 +0000 (Thu, 05 Jan 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-12-08 11:24:12 +0700 (Thu, 08 Dec 2016)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("CISCO");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_cisco_esa_version.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("cisco_esa/installed");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe:CPE ) ) exit( 0 );
affected = make_list(
'8.5.7-042',
'9.7.2-047',
'10.0.0-125',
'10.0.0-232' );
foreach af ( affected )
{
if( version == af )
{
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version: "See advisory" );
security_message( port:0, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
}
exit( 99 );
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
46.6%