CVE-2020-12713 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting CipherMail Community Gateway, Professional/Enterprise Gateway (versions 1.0.1 through 4.7.1-0), and CipherMail Webmail Messenger (versions 1.1.1 through 3.1.1-0). An attacker with administrative access to the web interface can escalate their privileges to the Unix root account. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.0.1, <= 4.7.1-0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ciphermail:gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.1.1, <= 3.1.1-0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ciphermail:webmail_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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