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CVE-2023-5552

HIGH
Published 2023-10-17T23:29:12.601Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.1
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.213
Higher than 21.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

Description

A password disclosure vulnerability in the Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) feature allows attackers with full email access to decrypt PDFs in Sophos Firewall version 19.5 MR3 (19.5.3) and older, if the password type is set to “Specified by sender”.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Sophos

Sophos Firewall

Affected Versions:

19.5.4 20.0.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-m2g3-pg3w-frm3

Advisory Details

A password disclosure vulnerability in the Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) feature allows attackers with full email access to decrypt PDFs in Sophos Firewall version 19.5 MR3 (19.5.3) and older, if the password type is set to “Specified by sender”.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5552
WEB https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20231017-spx-password

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 18, 2023, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20231017-spx-password
Published: 2023-10-17T23:29:12.601Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-13T16:21:10.363Z
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