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Content Security Management ApplianceApplication · Cisco

CVE-2015-4322

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v2.0 Published 2015-08-19
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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61/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) 8.3.6-039, 9.1.0-31, and 9.1.0-103 improperly restricts the privileges available after LDAP authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to read or write to an arbitrary user's Spam Quarantine folder by visiting a spam-notification URL, aka Bug ID CSCuv65894.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) versions 8.3.6-039, 9.1.0-31, and 9.1.0-103 fail to properly restrict user privileges after LDAP authentication, allowing an authenticated remote attacker to access arbitrary users' Spam Quarantine folders via spam-notification URLs. This is an authorization bypass where the application does not validate that the authenticated user has permission to access the specific quarantine folder.

MitigationApply Cisco security patches for this vulnerability or upgrade to a fixed version. Configure LDAP group mappings to enforce proper privilege separation and restrict user access to only their own quarantine folders.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Content Security Management ApplianceApplication
Affected:= 8.3.6-039= 9.1.0-31= 9.1.0-103

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

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  1. Identify the SMA device and version
    Log into the Cisco Content Security Management Appliance CLI or web interface and navigate to System Administration > System Setup > Version Information. Alternatively, run the 'version' command in the CLI.
    Affected if The displayed version matches exactly 8.3.6-039, 9.1.0-31, or 9.1.0-103
  2. Confirm LDAP authentication is enabled
    In the SMA web interface, go to System Administration > LDAP > LDAP Settings and verify that LDAP authentication is configured and enabled for user logins.
    Affected if LDAP authentication is enabled and configured on the appliance
  3. Verify Spam Quarantine is accessible to LDAP users
    In the SMA web interface, navigate to Quarantine > Spam Quarantine and confirm that LDAP-authenticated users have access to the quarantine feature.
    Affected if The Spam Quarantine feature is accessible to LDAP-authenticated users
  4. Test for authorization bypass in quarantine URL access
    Using an LDAP-authenticated user account, attempt to access the spam quarantine notification URL for a different user's quarantine folder by modifying the user identifier parameter in the spam-notification URL.
    Affected if A user can successfully view another user's quarantine folder contents through a crafted spam-notification URL

The environment is affected if the SMA runs version 8.3.6-039, 9.1.0-31, or 9.1.0-103, has LDAP authentication enabled, and allows an authenticated user to access quarantine folders belonging to other users via manipulated URLs.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Apply Cisco security patches for this vulnerability or upgrade to a fixed version. Configure LDAP group mappings to enforce proper privilege separation and restrict user access to only their own quarantine folders.

Fix this in Content Security Management Appliance Scoped from the published advisory
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