CVE-2016-1461 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass malware detection on Cisco Email Security Appliances by sending crafted email attachments, allowing malicious content to reach recipients.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-1461?
CVE-2016-1461 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco Asyncos, published on 1 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1461?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Asyncos.
How do I fix CVE-2016-1461?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-1461 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-1461 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1461 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-76519 Cisco Secure Email Gateway Relative Path Traversal
- CVE-2026-76461 Cisco Secure Email Gateway SQL Injection
- CVE-2024-20435 Command injection in Cisco Secure Web Appliance
- CVE-2019-15956 Cisco Web Security Appliance Unauthorized Device Reset Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6cxc-3h4m-cqfx.