Vulnerability in Broadcom Symantec Messaging Gateway

CVE-2020-12594

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.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-12594: held from 0.015 to 0.015.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.000

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-12594?
CVE-2020-12594 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Symantec Messaging Gateway. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-12-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-12594?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.