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CVE-2016-1315

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-1315 describes a bypass vulnerability in the proxy engine of Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) when integrated with specific versions of the Email Security Appliance (ESA) (9.5.0-201, 9.6.0-051, 9.7.0-125). A remote attacker can exploit this by sending a specially crafted email containing an encoded file, circumventing intended content restrictions. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high severity. It is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, leading to a high impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage, suggesting it is not widely known or actively targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.1.0-032CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmeware:9.1.0-032:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.5.0-201CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmeware:9.5.0-201:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.6.0-051CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmeware:9.6.0-051:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.7.0-125CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmeware:9.7.0-125:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.7.0-782CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:email_security_appliance_firmeware:9.7.0-782:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0143 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20160211-esaamp
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1035008
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry