CVE-2025-20185 (GCVE-0-2025-20185)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-05 16:14 – Updated: 2025-02-05 16:59
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Summary
A vulnerability in the implementation of the remote access functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Cisco Secure Email Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials. This vulnerability is due to an architectural flaw in the password generation algorithm for the remote access functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a temporary password for the service account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root and access the underlying operating system. Note: The Security Impact Rating (SIR) for this vulnerability is Medium due to the unrestricted scope of information that is accessible to an attacker.
CWE
  • CWE-250 - Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Cisco Cisco Secure Email Affected: 14.0.0-698
Affected: 13.5.1-277
Affected: 13.0.0-392
Affected: 14.2.0-620
Affected: 13.0.5-007
Affected: 13.5.4-038
Affected: 14.2.1-020
Affected: 14.3.0-032
Affected: 15.0.0-104
Affected: 15.0.1-030
Affected: 15.5.0-048
Affected: 15.5.1-055
Affected: 15.5.2-018
Affected: 15.0.3-002
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    Cisco Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Affected: 13.6.2-023
Affected: 13.6.2-078
Affected: 13.0.0-249
Affected: 13.0.0-277
Affected: 13.8.1-052
Affected: 13.8.1-068
Affected: 13.8.1-074
Affected: 14.0.0-404
Affected: 12.8.1-002
Affected: 14.1.0-227
Affected: 13.6.1-201
Affected: 14.2.0-203
Affected: 14.2.0-212
Affected: 12.8.1-021
Affected: 13.8.1-108
Affected: 14.2.0-224
Affected: 14.3.0-120
Affected: 15.0.0-334
Affected: 15.5.1-024
Affected: 15.5.1-029
Affected: 15.5.2-005
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    Cisco Cisco Secure Web Appliance Affected: 11.8.0-453
Affected: 12.5.3-002
Affected: 12.0.3-007
Affected: 12.0.3-005
Affected: 14.1.0-032
Affected: 14.1.0-047
Affected: 14.1.0-041
Affected: 12.0.4-002
Affected: 14.0.2-012
Affected: 11.8.0-414
Affected: 12.0.1-268
Affected: 11.8.1-023
Affected: 11.8.3-021
Affected: 11.8.3-018
Affected: 12.5.1-011
Affected: 11.8.4-004
Affected: 12.5.2-007
Affected: 12.5.2-011
Affected: 14.5.0-498
Affected: 12.5.4-005
Affected: 12.5.4-011
Affected: 12.0.5-011
Affected: 14.0.3-014
Affected: 12.5.5-004
Affected: 12.5.5-005
Affected: 12.5.5-008
Affected: 14.0.4-005
Affected: 14.5.1-008
Affected: 14.5.1-016
Affected: 15.0.0-355
Affected: 15.0.0-322
Affected: 12.5.6-008
Affected: 15.1.0-287
Affected: 14.5.2-011
Affected: 15.2.0-116
Affected: 14.0.5-007
Affected: 15.2.0-164
Affected: 14.5.1-510
Affected: 12.0.2-012
Affected: 12.0.2-004
Affected: 14.5.1-607
Affected: 14.5.3-033
Affected: 15.0.1-004
Affected: 15.2.1-011
Affected: 14.5.0-673
Affected: 14.5.0-537
Affected: 12.0.1-334
Affected: 14.0.1-503
Affected: 14.0.1-053
Affected: 11.8.0-429
Affected: 14.0.1-040
Affected: 14.0.1-014
Affected: 12.5.1-043
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