CVE-2021-1561

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-1561
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-18 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:28:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in the spam quarantine feature of Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, formerly Cisco Security Management Appliance (SMA), could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access and modify the spam quarantine settings of another user. This vulnerability exists because access to the spam quarantine feature is not properly restricted. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious requests to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to modify another user's spam quarantine settings, possibly disabling security controls or viewing email messages stored on the spam quarantine interfaces.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Cisco Secure Email And Web Manager - All All All
Operating System Cisco Secure Email And Web Manager All All All All

References

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Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Spam Quarantine Unauthorized Access Vulnerability CISCO tools.cisco.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 317010 Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Spam Quarantine Unauthorized Access Vulnerability(cisco-sa-sma-spam-jPxUXMk)
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