CVE-2014-2195 — Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices, when Active Directory is enabled, does not properly handle group names, which allows remote attackers to gain role privileges by leveraging group-name similarity, aka Bug ID CSCum86085

Back Back to CVE browser

MEDIUM

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices, when Active Directory is enabled, does not properly handle group names, which allows remote attackers to gain role privileges by leveraging group-name similarity, aka Bug ID CSCum86085

Published May 20, 2014

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.25%

Description

Cisco AsyncOS on Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) devices, when Active Directory is enabled, does not properly handle group names, which allows remote attackers to gain role privileges by leveraging group-name similarity, aka Bug ID CSCum86085.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.25% 0.01246

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01246

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.25% (0.01246)	68.20th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.25% (0.01246)	65.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.23% (0.00226)	43.34th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.19% (0.00187)	57.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 10, 2024	0.19% (0.00187)	56.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.19% (0.00187)	54.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (2)

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2195
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030258
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Link	Providers	Tags
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-2195		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CISCOVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030258		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner cisco

Published May 20, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Feb 25, 2014

Link CVE-2014-2195

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-2195

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-2195