CVE-2020-3314 Cisco AMP for Endpoints Mac Connector Software File Scan Denial of Service Vulnerability
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Cisco AMP for Endpoints Mac Connector by providing a crafted file that crashes the scan engine.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-3314?
CVE-2020-3314 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco AMP for Endpoints, published on 22 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A vulnerability in the file scan process of Cisco AMP for Endpoints Mac Connector Software could cause the scan engine to crash during the scan of local files, resulting in a restart of the AMP Connector and a denial of service (DoS) condition of the Cisco AMP for Endpoints service. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of specific file attributes. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a crafted file to a user of an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the Cisco AMP for Endpoints service to crash, resulting in missed detection and logging of the potentially malicious file. Continued attempts to scan the file could result in a DoS condition of the Cisco AMP for Endpoints service.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3314?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints.
How do I fix CVE-2020-3314?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3314 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-3314 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3314 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Cisco AMP for Endpoints
- CVE-2021-1280 Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints and Immunet for Windows DLL Hijacking Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-1386 Path traversal in Cisco AMP for Endpoints
- CVE-2019-1932 Cisco Advanced Malware Protection for Endpoints Windows Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2017-12312 Path traversal in Cisco Immunet Antimalware Installer
- CVE-2018-0397 Denial of service in Cisco AMP for Endpoints Mac Connector unknown
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qf9r-vh5p-wwvx.