CVE-2025-34489 (GCVE-0-2025-34489)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-28 18:50 – Updated: 2025-11-19 01:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
GFI MailEssentials < 21.8 Local Privilege Escalation
Summary
GFI MailEssentials prior to version 21.8 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue. A local attacker can escalate to NT Authority/SYSTEM by sending a crafted serialized payload to a .NET Remoting Service.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-28 18:59 UTC
CWE
- CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://frycos.github.io/vulns4free/2025/04/28/ma… | technical-descriptionexploit |
| https://gfi.ai/products-and-solutions/network-sec… | vendor-advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gfi-mailesse… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GFI | MailEssentials |
Affected:
0 , < 21.8
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:gfi:mailessentials:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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