CVE-2011-1902

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2011-1902 · Published 05/05/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-1902 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting messaging security gateway (proofpoint), protection server (proofpoint).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 80.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
messaging security gateway proofpoint	`≤ 6.2.0.263\:6.2.0.237`	No fix yet
protection server proofpoint	`= 5.5.3= 5.5.4= 5.5.5= 6.0.2= 6.1.1= 6.2.0`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web interface in Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway 6.2.0.263:6.2.0.237 and earlier in Proofpoint Protection Server 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5, 6.0.2, 6.1.1, and 6.2.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

References

clearskies.net/documents/css-advisory-css1105-proofpoint.php
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/790980 · US Government Resource
support.proofpoint.com/article.cgi

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In short

CVE-2011-1902 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting messaging security gateway (proofpoint), protection server (proofpoint).

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 80.2% of all vulnerabilities.

No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

messaging security gateway

proofpoint

≤ 6.2.0.263\:6.2.0.237

No fix yet

protection server

proofpoint

= 5.5.3= 5.5.4= 5.5.5= 6.0.2= 6.1.1= 6.2.0

No fix yet

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