CVE-2020-3447 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-3447: Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor Cisco
Product Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)
Weakness CWE-532 · Sensitive info in logs
Published August 17, 2020
Last update November 13, 2024

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive information on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to excessive verbosity in certain log subscriptions. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by accessing specific log files on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive log data, which may include user credentials. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker would need to have valid credentials at the operator level or higher on the affected device.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 17, 2020 CVE published
November 13, 2024 Record updated