CVE-2020-12594 : A privilege escalation flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged CLI us

A privilege escalation flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged CLI user to escalate their privileges on the system and gain full control over the SMG appliance. This affects SMG prior to 10.7.4.

Published 2020-12-10 06:15:12

Updated 2021-07-21 11:39:24

Source Symantec Corporation

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Vulnerability category: Gain privilege

Products affected by CVE-2020-12594

Broadcom » Symantec Messaging Gateway
Versions before (<) 10.7.4
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-12594

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0.11%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 44 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2020-12594

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
9.0	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C	8.0	10.0	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: Single Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete
7.2	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	1.2	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: High User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

References for CVE-2020-12594

https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/content/security-advisories/Privilege-Escalation-and-Information-Disclosure-Vulnerabilities-in-SMG/SYMSA16609

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