CVE-2020-12595
An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to...
An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to obtain a password for a remote SCP backup server that they might not otherwise be authorized to access. This affects SMG prior to 10.7.4.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to obtain a password for a remote SCP backup server that they might not otherwise be authorized to access. This affects SMG prior to 10.7.4.
- Record
CVE-2020-12595- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to obtain a password for a remote SCP backup server that they might not otherwise be authorized to access. This affects SMG prior to 10.7.4.
- Record
CVE-2020-12595- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-4897 No score
An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to obtain a password for a remote SCP backup server that they might not otherwise be authorized to access. This affects SMG prior to 10.7.4.
- Record
EUVD-2020-4897- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-427q-fqw6-mhwm No score
An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to...
An information disclosure flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged web UI user to obtain a password for a remote SCP backup server that they might not otherwise be authorized to access. This affects SMG prior to 10.7.4.
- Record
GHSA-427q-fqw6-mhwm- 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-2020-12595 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Broadcom Symantec Messaging Gateway, published December 10, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.87%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.