Cisco email gateways face active attacks with root-level access

Daily Cyber News: Cisco email gateways face active attacks with root-level access

Attackers are actively exploiting Cisco Secure Email Gateway appliances through specially crafted email attachments. A successful attack can write files to the underlying operating system and execute commands with root privileges, all without requiring the attacker to log in.

Key context: Not every deployment has the same exposure.

Additional detail: The operational concern is that an email gateway sits at a critical trust boundary and processes hostile content by design.

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