What is CVE-2020-10657?

CVE-2020-10657 is a high-severity vulnerability in Proofpoint Insider Threat Management Server, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2020-10657?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Deserialization in Proofpoint Insider Threat Management Server

CVE-2020-10657

The Proofpoint Insider Threat Management Server (formerly ObserveIT Server) before 7.9.1 contains a vulnerability in the ITM web console's ImportAlertRules feature. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker (with admin or config-admin privileges in the console) to execute arbitrary code with local administrator privileges. The vulnerability is caused by improper deserialization.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.025 (83.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Proofpoint Insider_threat_management_server
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-10657?: CVE-2020-10657 is a high-severity vulnerability in Proofpoint Insider Threat Management Server, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2020-10657?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.