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GHSA-6H6J-8576-V4XG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-28 21:30 – Updated: 2025-11-05 00:31

Details

GFI MailEssentials prior to version 21.8 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue. A local attacker can escalate to NT Authority/SYSTEM by sending a crafted serialized payload to a .NET Remoting Service.

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-34489 (GCVE-0-2025-34489)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-28 18:50 – Updated: 2025-11-19 01:26

Summary

Severity ?

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://frycos.github.io/vulns4free/2025/04/28/ma…	technical-descriptionexploit
	https://gfi.ai/products-and-solutions/network-sec…	vendor-advisory
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gfi-mailesse…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	GFI	MailEssentials	Affected: 0 , < 21.8 (custom)

Credits

Frycos

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-6H6J-8576-V4XG

CVE-2025-34489 (GCVE-0-2025-34489)

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