CVE-2025-20185 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Cisco AsyncOS Software affecting Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Cisco Secure Email Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance. An authenticated, local attacker with administrator credentials can exploit an architectural flaw in the remote access password generation to gain root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) due to the unrestricted scope of accessible information, allowing for arbitrary command execution and operating system access. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
13.0.0-392CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:13.0.0-392:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.0.5-007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:13.0.5-007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.5.1-277CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:13.5.1-277:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.5.4-038CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:13.5.4-038:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.0.0-698CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cisco:asyncos:14.0.0-698:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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