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TI-2017-09079 Aliases CVE-2017-12303GHSA-3hr9-5q4c-rq22

A vulnerability in the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) file filtering feature of Cisco…

Priority LOW 27CWE-358Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

A vulnerability in the Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) file filtering feature of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass a configured AMP file filtering rule. The file types affected are zipped or archived file types. The vulnerability is due to incorrect and different file hash values when AMP scans the file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted email file attachment through the targeted device. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass a configured AMP file filter. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvf52943.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01638 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Cisco Web Security ApplianceCisco Web Security Appliance—No fix listedCNA
  • Cisco Web Security Appliance Vendor— Affected Cisco Web Security Appliance Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:10.1.1-234:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.1.1-234VulnerableCisco
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:10.1.1-235:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.1.1-235VulnerableCisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:10.1.1-234:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.1.1-234 Vulnerable ·Cisco
  • cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:10.1.1-235:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.1.1-235 Vulnerable ·Cisco

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12303
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3hr9-5q4c-rq22

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-74174 Arbitrary file write in Cisco Secure Email Gateway via AMP feature KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-53489 Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-14683 Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager Remote Command Execution Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2021-13698 Cisco Web Security Appliance Proxy Service Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2018-11020 Cisco Email Security Appliance URL Filtering Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2019-01567 Cisco Email Security Appliance Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
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Sources

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