CVE-2024-10635 (GCVE-0-2024-10635)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-04-28 20:36
Modified
2025-04-28 22:28
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
Enterprise Protection contains an improper input validation vulnerability in attachment defense that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass attachment scanning security policy by sending a malicious S/MIME attachment with an opaque signature. When opened by a recipient in a downstream email client, the malicious attachment could cause partial loss of integrity and confidentiality to their system.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection Version: 8.18.6   ≤
Version: 8.20.6   ≤
Version: 8.21.0   ≤
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