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Status published
High
CVE-2020-12713
An issue was discovered in CipherMail Community Gateway and Professional/Enterprise...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.ciphermail.com/news.html
- https://www.ciphermail.com/gateway.html
- https://www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.html
- https://www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilities
Affected Vendor
ciphermail
View all reports →Affected Software
gateway, webmail messenger
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.1, 1.1.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 11th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.