High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Jun 11, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-12713
CVE-2020-12713
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.
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Affected products
4- CipherMail/Gatewaydescription
- Range: 1.0.1-4.7.1-0
- Range: 1.0.1-4.7.1-0
- Range: 1.1.1-3.1.1-0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilitiesnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.ciphermail.com/gateway.htmlnvdProductVendor Advisory
- www.ciphermail.com/news.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.htmlnvdProductVendor Advisory
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