CVE-2025-20185— Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Secure Email Gateway, and Secure Web Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Quick assessment
Affected
Cisco Cisco Secure Email
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.
Cisco AsyncOS是美国思科（Cisco）公司的一款应用于思科设备的操作系统。 Cisco AsyncOS存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于密码生成算法缺陷，允许经过身份验证的本地攻击者生成临时密码并获取root权限。
Possible ATT&CK Techniques 3 AI
T1136 · Create Account T1078 · Valid Accounts T1546.008 · Accessibility Features
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-20185
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Secure Email Gateway, and Secure Web Appliance Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
A vulnerability in the implementation of the remote access functionality of Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager, Cisco Secure Email Gateway, and Cisco Secure Web Appliance could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root. The attacker must authenticate with valid administrator credentials.
This vulnerability is due to an architectural flaw in the password generation algorithm for the remote access functionality. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by generating a temporary password for the service account. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root and access the underlying operating system.
Note: The Security Impact Rating (SIR) for this vulnerability is Medium due to the unrestricted scope of information that is accessible to an attacker.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
带着不必要的权限执行
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Cisco AsyncOS 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Cisco AsyncOS是美国思科（Cisco）公司的一款应用于思科设备的操作系统。 Cisco AsyncOS存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于密码生成算法缺陷，允许经过身份验证的本地攻击者生成临时密码并获取root权限。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | CPE | Subscribe |
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| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email | 14.0.0-698 | - |
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| Cisco | Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager | 13.6.2-023 | - |
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| Cisco | Cisco Secure Web Appliance | 11.8.0-453 | - |
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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-20185 (1)
Same Patch Batch · Cisco · 2025-02-05 · 18 CVEs total
| CVE-2025-20124 | 9.9 CRITICAL | Cisco Identity Services Engine Java Deserialization Vulnerability |
| CVE-2025-20125 | 9.1 CRITICAL | Cisco Identity Services Engine Insufficient Authorization Bypass Vulnerability |
| CVE-2025-20175 | 7.7 HIGH | Cisco IOS和Cisco IOS XE 安全漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20173 | 7.7 HIGH | Cisco IOS和Cisco IOS XE 安全漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20172 | 7.7 HIGH | Cisco IOS、Cisco IOS XE和Cisco IOS XR 安全漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20176 | 7.7 HIGH | Cisco IOS和Cisco IOS XE 安全漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20171 | 7.7 HIGH | Cisco多款产品 安全漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20170 | 7.7 HIGH | Cisco IOS、Cisco IOS XE和Cisco IOS XR 安全漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20174 | 7.7 HIGH | Cisco IOS和Cisco IOS XE 安全漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20169 | 7.7 HIGH | Cisco IOS、Cisco IOS XE和Cisco IOS XR 安全漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20184 | 6.5 MEDIUM | Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Secure Web Appliance Command Injection Vulnerabilit |
| CVE-2025-20179 | 6.1 MEDIUM | Cisco Expressway Series Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability |
| CVE-2025-20183 | 5.8 MEDIUM | Cisco Secure Web Appliance Range Request Bypass Vulnerability |
| CVE-2025-20205 | 4.8 MEDIUM | Cisco Identity Services Engine 跨站脚本漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20204 | 4.8 MEDIUM | Cisco Identity Services Engine 跨站脚本漏洞 |
| CVE-2025-20180 | 4.8 MEDIUM | Cisco Secure Email and Web Manager and Secure Email Gateway Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabi |
| CVE-2025-20207 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Cisco Secure Email Gateway, Cisco Secure Email and Web Appliance and Cisco Secure Web Appl |
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