CVE-2020-7268 MEDIUM

CVE-2020-7268: McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) - Path Traversal vulnerability

Vendor Mcafee
Product McAfee Email Gateway (MEG)
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published September 16, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 16, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated

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