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CVE-2014-2195

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices, when Active Directory is enabled, does not properly handle group names, which allows remote attackers to gain role privileges by leveraging group-name similarity, aka Bug ID CSCum86085.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (3)

Cisco — AsyncosCisco — Content Security Management ApplianceCisco — Email Security Appliance Firmware

CWEs

References

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