CVE-2020-12594

7.2 highEPSS 1.5%

High (7.2) in broadcom symantec messaging gateway. EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.2 high

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

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2020-12-10
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

broadcom:symantec_messaging_gateway

References

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

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