CVE-2020-12713

Public Exploit

Description

An 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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.28% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory ciphermail.com Vendor Advisory ciphermail.com Vendor Advisory ciphermail.com Vendor Advisory ciphermail.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.ciphermail.com/news.html release notes vendor advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/gateway.html product vendor advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.html product vendor advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.html third party advisory vdb entry exploit
https://www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.html patch vendor advisory
https://www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilities third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12713?
CVE-2020-12713 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-12713?
To fix CVE-2020-12713, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-12713 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-12713 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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