CVE-2020-12713

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 3.1 7.2/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/gateway.htmlProduct, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/news.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.htmlProduct, Vendor Advisory
https://www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilitiesExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/gateway.htmlProduct, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/news.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.htmlProduct, Vendor Advisory
https://www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilitiesExploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 11, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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