# CVE-2020-12713: An issue was discovered in CipherMail Community Gateway and Professional/Enterprise Gateway 1.0.1 through 4.7.1-0 and CipherMail Webmail Mes

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-06-11 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.ciphermail.com/news.html
- https://www.ciphermail.com/gateway.html
- https://www.ciphermail.com/secure-webmail.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158001/CipherMail-Community-Virtual-Appliance-4.6.2-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.ciphermail.com/blog/ciphermail-cve-2020-12713_2020-12714.html
- https://www.coresecurity.com/core-labs/advisories/ciphermail-multiple-vulnerabilities

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