CVE-2021-20618 (GCVE-0-2021-20618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-14 08:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:45
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Summary
Privilege chaining vulnerability in acmailer ver. 4.0.2 and earlier, and acmailer DB ver. 1.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and to gain an administrative privilege which may result in obtaining the sensitive information on the server via unspecified vectors.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Privilege chaining
Assigner
jpcert CNA under the jpcert root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 190 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Seeds Co.,Ltd. acmailer and acmailer DB Affected: acmailer ver. 4.0.2 and earlier, and acmailer DB ver. 1.1.4 and earlier
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