Vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware
CVE-2017-12309
A vulnerability in the Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct a HTTP response splitting attack. The vulnerability is due to the failure of the application or its environment to properly sanitize input values. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious HTTP headers, controlling the response body, or splitting the response into multiple responses. An exploit could allow the attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks, cross-user defacement, web cache poisoning, and similar exploits. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf16705.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 76.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.002
Affected products
- Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware — versions 10.0.2-020, 11.0.0-105
- Cisco Email Security Appliance — versions Cisco Email Security Appliance
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039831 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101928 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20171115… (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-12309?
- CVE-2017-12309 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Email Security Appliance Firmware, classified under HTTP Response Splitting. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-16.
- How severe is CVE-2017-12309?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.