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CVE-2016-1461

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices through 9.7.0-125 allows remote attackers...

7.5 High

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices through 9.7.0-125 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted attachment in an e-mail message, aka Bug ID CSCuz14932.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.35%Up 1.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices through 9.7.0-125 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted attachment in an e-mail message, aka Bug ID CSCuz14932.

Record
CVE-2016-1461
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices through 9.7.0-125 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted attachment in an e-mail message, aka Bug ID CSCuz14932.

Record
CVE-2016-1461
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2560 No score

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices through 9.7.0-125 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted attachment in an e-mail message, aka Bug ID CSCuz14932.

Record
EUVD-2016-2560
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6cxc-3h4m-cqfx 7.5

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices through 9.7.0-125 allows remote attackers...

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) devices through 9.7.0-125 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via a crafted attachment in an e-mail message, aka Bug ID CSCuz14932.

Record
GHSA-6cxc-3h4m-cqfx
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2016-1461 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Cisco Asyncos, published August 1, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.35%, the 83rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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