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Cisco Warns of Active Attacks Exploiting New Critical Secure Email Gateway Vulnerability
Attackers exploit a Cisco Secure Email Gateway flaw enabling file writes without login when File Reputation is enabled and scanner tools are outdated.
Summary
Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in Cisco Secure Email Gateway that lets a sender with no login write files to the appliance's operating system, Cisco said in an advisory on Wednesday. The attacker sends an email with a crafted attachment through the gateway and, if it succeeds, could then run commands as root.
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