Check Point Advisories

Cisco Secure Endpoint XML External Entity Injection (; CVE-2023-20052)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2023-0495
Date Published:	10 Jul 2023
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 10 July, 2023
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2023-20052
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Cisco Secure Endpoint for Linux prior to 1.20.2 Cisco Secure Endpoint for MacOS prior to 1.21.1 Cisco Secure Endpoint for Windows prior to 7.5.9 Cisco Secure Endpoint for Windows versions 8.0.1.21160 to 8.1.5 Cisco Secure Endpoint Private Cloud prior to 3.6.0 ClamAV versions 0.103.7 and prior ClamAV versions 0.104.0 to 0.105.1
Vulnerability Description	An XML external entity injection vulnerability exists in Cisco Secure Endpoint. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to retrieve the content of arbitrary files.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Cisco Secure Endpoint XML External Entity Injection () protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Cisco Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Cisco Secure Endpoint XML External Entity Injection ()