CVE-2020-14009

Q: How do I fix CVE-2020-14009?

Upgrade enterprise protection to 8.16.4 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2020-14009 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-14009 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.32% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 24% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2020-14009?

CVE-2020-14009 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2020-14009 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for enterprise protection (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUM

6.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-354

How to fix

Remediation Available

enterprise protectionNVD

Affected:>= 8.14.0, < 8.16.4Fixed in:8.16.4CVE-2020-14009derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

24thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 24% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-354 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-48795	Medium	5.9	93%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-1166	Medium	5.9	68%	-	-
CVE-2024-3596	Critical	9.0	15%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-26141	Medium	6.5	3.1%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-25862	High	7.5	2.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8838	Medium	6.4	1.6%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2020-14009?

Upgrade enterprise protection to 8.16.4 or later.

Is CVE-2020-14009 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2020-14009 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.32% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 24% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2020-14009?

CVE-2020-14009 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2020-14009 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for enterprise protection (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.