CVE-2020-14009: Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) before 8.16.4 contains a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to deliver an email message with a malicious…

PriorityP431medium6.3CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCLILAL

EPSS

0.32%

23.3th percentile

Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) before 8.16.4 contains a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to deliver an email message with a malicious attachment that bypasses scanning and file-blocking rules. The vulnerability exists because messages with certain crafted and malformed multipart structures are not properly handled.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
proofpoint	enterprise_protection	< 8.13.16	8.13.16
proofpoint	enterprise_protection	>= 8.14.0 < 8.16.4	8.16.4

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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