A vulnerability in the file type detection mechanism of the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Endpoints macOS Connector could all…

published 2018-04-19 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-1060

cvss: 5.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.2%; EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits: 0; none known

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 extension to a device that is running an affected AMP for Endpoints macOS Connector. An exploit could allow the attacker to bypass configured malware detection. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCve34034.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-11-29)

Exploit prediction

1.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

n/a Cisco AMP for Endpoints

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-706 Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference

References

tools.cisco.com /security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180418-amp
vendor-advisory
wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com /2018/02/25/research-compressed-files-auto-detection-on-macos/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-0237
NVD CVE-2018-0237

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Summary