7.4
CVSSv3

CVE-2021-1566

Published: 16/06/2021 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.8 | Impact Score: 4.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.4 | Impact Score: 5.2 | Exploitability Score: 2.2
VMScore: 516
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

A vulnerability in the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints integration of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote malicious user to intercept traffic between an affected device and the AMP servers. This vulnerability is due to improper certificate validation when an affected device establishes TLS connections. A man-in-the-middle attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted TLS packet to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the malicious user to spoof a trusted host and then extract sensitive information or alter certain API requests.

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A vulnerability in the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints integration of Cisco AsyncOS for Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to intercept traffic between an affected device and the AMP servers This vulnerability is due to improper certifica ...