CVE-2020-7268 McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) - Path Traversal vulnerability
Remote attackers can traverse the file system to access unauthorized files or directories in McAfee Email Gateway.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-7268?
CVE-2020-7268 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG), published on 16 Sep 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Path Traversal vulnerability in McAfee McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) prior to 7.6.406 allows remote attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory via external input to construct a path name that should be within a restricted directory.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7268?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mcafee Email Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7268?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-7268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-7268 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7268 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qwh9-c7jr-5v9g.