CVE-2020-12713

Summary

CVECVE-2020-12713
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-11 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-22 18:09:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in CipherMail Community Gateway and Professional/Enterprise Gateway 1.0.1 through 4.7.1-0 and CipherMail Webmail Messenger 1.1.1 through 3.1.1-0. Attackers with administrative access to the web interface have multiple options to escalate their privileges to the Unix root account.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ciphermail Gateway All All All All
Application Ciphermail Webmail Messenger All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Email Encryption - CipherMail Secure Webmail Server - CipherMail MISC www.ciphermail.com Product, Vendor Advisory
CipherMail Community Virtual Appliance 4.6.2 Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CipherMail Email Encryption - Email Encryption Gateway MISC www.ciphermail.com Product, Vendor Advisory
News about CipherMail MISC www.ciphermail.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Email Encryption - CipherMail CVE-2020-12713 & CVE-2020-12714 - CipherMail MISC www.ciphermail.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CipherMail Multiple Vulnerabilities | CoreLabs Advisories MISC www.coresecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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