CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee Email Gateway. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
Path Traversal vulnerability in McAfee McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) prior to 7.6.406 allows remote attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory via external input to construct a path name that should be within a restricted directory.
The weakness was released 09/16/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-7268 since 01/21/2020. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading to version 7.6.406 eliminates this vulnerability.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 158569, 161281, 161282 and 161283.
Product
Vendor
Name
Version
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 4.3
NVD Vector: 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-23 / CWE-22
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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EPSS Percentile: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Upgrade: Email Gateway 7.6.406
Timeline
01/21/2020 🔍09/16/2020 🔍
09/16/2020 🔍
09/16/2020 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mcafee.comAdvisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2020-7268 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 09/16/2020 09:51Updated: 09/16/2020 09:56
Changes: 09/16/2020 09:51 (38), 09/16/2020 09:56 (11)
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