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CVE-2018-0237 — A vulnerability in the file type detection mechanism of the Cisco Advanced Malwa

A vulnerability in the file type detection mechanism of the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints macOS Connector could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass malware detection. The vulnerability occurs because the software relies on only the file ext

CVSS
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EPSS
0.61% (top 30.70%)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
2018-04-19T20:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-11-29T15:17:40.118Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability in the file type detection mechanism of the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints macOS Connector could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass malware detection. The vulnerability occurs because the software relies on only the file extension for detecting DMG files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a DMG file with a nonstandard…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / Cisco AMP for EndpointsCisco AMP for Endpoints

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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