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CVE-2020-3134 Medium · 6.5 EPSS 1.1%

Cisco Email Security Appliance Zip Decompression Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability

Cisco · Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA)

Official description · CVE.org

A vulnerability in the zip decompression engine of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of zip files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending an email message with a crafted zip-compressed attachment. A successful exploit could trigger a restart of the content-scanning process, causing a temporary DoS condition. This vulnerability affects Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco ESA releases earlier than 13.0.

Breakdown
17.6 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
1/15

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  1. What they do

Disclosed on 26 Jan 2020. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

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ImpactTA0040

Service Stop T1489
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