High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-12594

Description

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.

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Affected products

Broadcom Corporation/Symantec Messaging Gateway
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <10.7.4
SMG/SMGdescription
Broadcom Corporation/SMGllm-fuzzy
Range: <10.7.4

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/content/security-advisories/Privilege-Escalation-and-Information-Disclosure-Vulnerabilities-in-SMG/SYMSA16609nvdVendor Advisory

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