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CVE-2020-12713 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.2 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.html	CVE	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/gateway.html	CVE	ProductVendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/news.html	CVE	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.html	CVE	ProductVendor Advisory
https://www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilities	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.html	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/gateway.html	[email protected]	ProductVendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/news.html	[email protected]	Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.html	[email protected]	ProductVendor Advisory
https://www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilities	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ciphermail gateway	>= 1.0.1, <= 4.7.1-0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ciphermail:gateway:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
ciphermail webmail messenger	>= 1.1.1, <= 3.1.1-0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ciphermail:webmail_messenger:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 22, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]