CVE-2020-12618

eM Client before 7.2.33412.0 automatically imported S/MIME certificates and thereby silently replaced existing ones

published August 20, 2020

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

eM Client before 7.2.33412.0 automatically imported S/MIME certificates and thereby silently replaced existing ones. This allowed a man-in-the-middle attacker to obtain an email-validated S/MIME certificate from a trusted CA and replace the public key of the entity to be impersonated. This enabled the attacker to decipher further communication. The entire attack could be accomplished by sending a single email.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00348 · 27.2th percentile
Published
2020-08-20T22:48Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 AUG 22:48Z
    eM Client before 7.2.33412.0 automatically imported S/MIME certificates and thereby silently replaced existing ones
    cvelistv5