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TI-2020-14783 Aliases CVE-2020-24046GHSA-m5r6-8jfm-hp4w

A sandbox escape issue was discovered in TitanHQ SpamTitan Gateway 7.07.

Priority LOW 38CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

A sandbox escape issue was discovered in TitanHQ SpamTitan Gateway 7.07. It limits the admin user to a restricted shell, allowing execution of a small number of tools of the operating system. This restricted shell can be bypassed after changing the properties of the user admin in the operating system file /etc/passwd. This file cannot be accessed though the restricted shell, but it can be modified by abusing the Backup/Import Backup functionality of the web interface. An authenticated attacker would be able to obtain the file /var/tmp/admin.passwd after executing a Backup operation. This file can be manually modified to change the GUID of the user to 0 (root) and change the restricted shell to a normal shell /bin/sh. After the modification is done, the file can be recompressed to a .tar.bz file and imported again via the Import Backup functionality. The properties of the admin user will be overwritten and a root shell will be granted to the user upon the next successful login.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03408 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:titanhq:spamtitan:7.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.07VulnerableTitanhq
  • cpe:2.3:a:titanhq:spamtitan:7.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.07 Vulnerable ·Titanhq

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-24046
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m5r6-8jfm-hp4w

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

  • TI-2020-09389 An issue was discovered in Titan SpamTitan 7.07. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-09390 An issue was discovered in Titan SpamTitan 7.07. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-09478 An issue was discovered in Titan SpamTitan 7.07. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-09477 An issue was discovered in Titan SpamTitan 7.07. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-09391 An issue was discovered in Titan SpamTitan 7.07. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2020-14782 A sandbox escape issue was discovered in TitanHQ SpamTitan Gateway 7.07. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
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Sources

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