CVE-2020-12594

high

Description

A privilege escalation flaw allows a malicious, authenticated, privileged CLI user to escalate their privileges on the system and gain full control over the SMG appliance. This affects SMG prior to 10.7.4.

References

https://support.broadcom.com/security-advisory/content/security-advisories/Privilege-Escalation-and-Information-Disclosure-Vulnerabilities-in-SMG/SYMSA16609

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2020-12-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H