CVE-2020-12594

HIGH

Symantec Messaging Gateway < 10.7.4 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/content/security-advisories/Privilege-Escalation-and-Information-Disclosure-Vulnerabilities-in-SMG/SYMSA16609

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2

EPSS 0.0149

EPSS Percentile 71.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

Status published

Products (1)

broadcom/symantec_messaging_gateway < 10.7.4

Published Dec 10, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026