CVE-2017-12353

MEDIUM

Cisco AsyncOS for Email Security Appliance - Unauthenticated Filter Bypass via Malformed MIME Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability in the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) scanner of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliances (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass configured user filters on the device. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling of a malformed MIME header in an email attachment. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email with a crafted MIME attachment. For example, a successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured user filters to drop the email. The malformed MIME headers may not be RFC compliant. However, some mail clients could still allow users to access the attachment, which may not have been properly filtered by the device. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf44666.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039917
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102002

Scores

CVSS v3 5.8
EPSS 0.0164
EPSS Percentile 73.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-254
Status published
Products (2)
cisco/asyncos
n/a/Cisco Email Security Appliance Cisco Email Security Appliance
Published Nov 30, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026