OpenDMARC through 1.3.2 and 1.4.x allows attacks that inject authentication results to provide false information about the domain that originated an e-mail message. This is caused by incorrect parsing and interpretation of SPF/DKIM authentication results, as demonstrated by the example.net(.example.com substring.
Published 2020-04-27 14:15:11
Updated 2023-08-28 20:15:08
Source MITRE
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-12272

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.23%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 61 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2020-12272

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
10.0
2.9
NIST
5.3
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
3.9
1.4
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2020-12272

  • This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2020-12272

Products affected by CVE-2020-12272

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