CVE-2018-6290
Local Privilege Escalation in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway version 1.1.
Local Privilege Escalation in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway version 1.1.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Local Privilege Escalation in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway version 1.1.
- Record
CVE-2018-6290- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Local Privilege Escalation in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway version 1.1.
- Record
CVE-2018-6290- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18051 No score
Local Privilege Escalation in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway version 1.1.
- Record
EUVD-2018-18051- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-35fp-phpv-hrqw
Local Privilege Escalation in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway version 1.1.
Local Privilege Escalation in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway version 1.1.
- Record
GHSA-35fp-phpv-hrqw- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-6290 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway, published February 6, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.48%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.