An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to obtain a password for a remote SCP backup serve…

published 2020-12-10 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-4897

cvss: 4.9; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to obtain a password for a remote SCP backup server that they might not otherwise be authorized to access. This affects SMG prior to 10.7.4.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

broadcom symantec_messaging_gateway 10.7.4

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Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG)

References

support.broadcom.com /security-advisory/content/security-advisories/Privilege-Escalation-and-Information-Disclosure-Vulnerabilities
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-12595
NVD CVE-2020-12595

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