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Cisco Email Security Appliance Web Detection

🗓️ 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
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Cisco Email Security Appliance Web Detection. Web management interface for Cisco Email Security Appliance detected on the remote host

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nessuswww.nessus.org/u
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(69074);
  script_version("1.12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/10/02");

  script_name(english:"Cisco Email Security Appliance Web Detection");
  script_summary(english:"Looks for the ESA login page.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:"A web management interface was detected on the remote host."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"The web management interface for Cisco Email Security Appliance was
detected on the remote host."
  );
  # https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/email-security/index.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a744d445");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"n/a");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"None");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/07/26");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/h:cisco:email_security_appliance");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"asset_inventory", value:"True");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"hardware_inventory", value:"True");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"os_identification", value:"True");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CISCO");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("http_version.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 443);

  exit(0);
}

include('http.inc');
include('webapp_func.inc');

var port = get_http_port(default:443);
var dir = '';
var page = '/login?redirects=10';
var url = dir + page;
var old_regex = "<title>\s*Cisco\s*Email Security (Virtual )?Appliance";
var new_regex = "<title>\s*Cisco\s*Gateway";
var res = http_send_recv3(method:'GET', item:url, port:port, exit_on_fail:TRUE);
var model, ver, install;

if (res[2] !~ old_regex && res[2] !~ new_regex)
  audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_INST, 'Cisco Email Security Appliance', port);

var match = pregmatch(string:res[2], pattern:'<p class="text_login_model">\\s*([^<]+)</p>');
if (!isnull(match))
{
  model = match[1];
  # Newlines might end up in the model name, we need to remove them
  model = str_replace(string:model, find:'\n', replace:'');
  set_kb_item(name:'cisco_esa/' + port + '/model', value:model);
}

match = pregmatch(string:res[2], pattern:"Version: ([0-9.-]+)<");
if (isnull(match))
  ver = NULL;
else
  ver = match[1];

# required for compatibility with ccf.inc
set_kb_item(name:'Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Email Security Appliance/Version', value:ver);
set_kb_item(name:'Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Email Security Appliance/Model', value:model);
set_kb_item(name:'Host/AsyncOS/Cisco Email Security Appliance/Port', value:port);

install = add_install(appname:'cisco_esa', dir:dir, port:port, ver:ver, cpe: "cpe:/h:cisco:email_security_appliance");

if (report_verbosity > 0)
{
  report = get_install_report(display_name:'Cisco Email Security Appliance', installs:install, port:port);
  security_note(port:port, extra:report);
}
else security_note(port);

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