CVE-2023-5552

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Published Oct 17, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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”.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Sophos

Sophos Firewall

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`19.5.4`	unaffected	—
`20.0.0`	unaffected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:firewall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-57852	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”.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.553% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/sophos-sa-20231017-spx-password

History

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Subscriptions

Sophos Firewall

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 13, 2024, 4:21 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Sophos
Published: Oct 17, 2023, 11:29 PM
Updated: Sep 13, 2024, 4:21 PM
Reserved: Oct 12, 2023, 5:55 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:59 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:59 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:48 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 18, 2023, 12:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:48 AM

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