TI-2020-10025 Aliases CVE-2020-12594 GHSA-6w26-5ccg-87xc

A privilege escalation flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged CLI user to…

LOW 35Published 2020-12-10 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0151 74th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG)	SMG prior to 10.7.4	—	No fix listed	CNA

Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG) Vendor— Affected SMG prior to 10.7.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_messaging_gateway::::::::	before 10.7.4	Vulnerable	Broadcom

cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:symantec_messaging_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.7.4 Vulnerable ·Broadcom

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12594
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6w26-5ccg-87xc

References

Advisory 1

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

TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2024-15637 Symantec Messaging Gateway Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2024-15636 Symantec Messaging Gateway Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-11036 A malicious authenticated SMG administrator user can obtain passwords for external… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
TI-2020-10026 An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9

Sources

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