Privilege escalation in Ciphermail Gateway
CVE-2020-12713
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.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
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: 0.026 (84.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ciphermail.com/news.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ciphermail.com/gateway.html (Product, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.html (Product, Vendor Advisory)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6… (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilities (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12713?
- CVE-2020-12713 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ciphermail Gateway, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2020-06-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12713?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-12713 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.