CVE-2020-12594 (GCVE-0-2020-12594)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-12-10 05:21 – Updated: 2024-08-04 12:04
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CWE
- Privilege escalation
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/co… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) |
Affected:
SMG prior to 10.7.4
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