Vulnerability · Published May 7, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-14009

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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 products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories x_refsource_MISC
https://www.proofpoint.com/us/security/security-advisories/pfpt-sa-2021-0006 x_refsource_MISC