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Sympa < 6.2.56 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Privilege escalation

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

Sympa is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The vulnerability is exploitable via a malicious perl module.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Sympa through version 6.2.55.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 6.2.56 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)