The End User Safelist/Blocklist (aka SLBL) service in Cisco AsyncOS Software for Email Security Appliance (ESA) before 7.6.3-023 and 8.x before 8.0.1-023 and Cisco Content Security Management Appliance (SMA) before 7.9.1-110 and 8.x before 8.1.1-013 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via an FTP session that uploads a modified SLBL database file, aka Bug IDs CSCug79377 and CSCug80118.
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20140319-asyncos