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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.