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CVE-2018-0140

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

A vulnerability in the spam quarantine of Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to download any message from the spam quarantine by modifying browser string information. The vulnerability is due to a lack of verification of authenticated user accounts. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying browser strings to see messages submitted by other users to the spam quarantine within their company. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg39759, CSCvg42295.

Affected products

• Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA): 10.0.0-096, 10.1.0-037, 10.1.0-052, 11.0.0-115
• Cisco Email Security Appliance: 9.8.0-112, 10.0.1-087, 11.0.0-274

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103090
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040338
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040339
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-esacsm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103090
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040338
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040339
• https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-esacsm

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