CVE-2015-4184 describes a vulnerability in the anti-spam scanner of Cisco Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices (versions 3.3.1-09, 7.5.1-gpl-022, and 8.5.6-074). This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass email restrictions by crafting a malformed DNS SPF record. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it is a medium-severity issue, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to a partial integrity impact (bypassing restrictions) without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.331-09CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:email_security_appliance:3.331-09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5.1-gpl-022CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:email_security_appliance:7.5.1-gpl-022:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5.6-074CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:cisco:email_security_appliance:8.5.6-074:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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