CVE-2020-12594
HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: December 10, 2020 at 05:21 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:52 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSymantec Messaging Gateway
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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 10.7.4
Affected range stops below 10.7.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (1)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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