cve-2019-1816
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-05-03 16:25
Modified
2024-11-21 19:34
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Summary
Cisco Web Security Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
References
ykramarz@cisco.comhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20190501-wsa-privescVendor Advisory
Impacted products
CiscoCisco Web Security Appliance (WSA)
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