CVE-2018-6290 Privilege escalation in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-6290 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2018-6290 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway, published on 6 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6290 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6290/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6290/index.md)
Local attackers can escalate privileges on Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway, potentially gaining unauthorized control over the mail server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-6290?
CVE-2018-6290 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway, published on 6 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Local Privilege Escalation in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway version 1.1.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6290?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6290?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-6290 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6290 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway
Sources
Also known as GHSA-35fp-phpv-hrqw.