CVE-2020-24045

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A sandbox escape issue was discovered in TitanHQ SpamTitan Gateway 7.07. It limits the admin user to a restricted shell,

A sandbox escape issue was discovered in TitanHQ SpamTitan Gateway 7.07. It limits the admin user to a restricted shell, allowing execution of a small number of tools of the operating system. The restricted shell can be bypassed by presenting a fake vmware-tools ISO image to the guest virtual machine running SpamTitan Gateway.

This ISO image should contain a valid Perl script at the vmware-freebsd-tools/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl path. The fake ISO image will be mounted and the script wmware-install.pl will be executed with super-user privileges as soon as the hidden option to install VMware Tools is selected in the main menu of the restricted shell (option number 5). The contents of the script can be whatever the attacker wants, including a backdoor or similar.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.01167

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Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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This page is every public fact about CVE-2020-24045, cross-linked. Its job is to answer one question fast - does this need my attention now? - and then hand you the two things you do about it. Here is how an analyst reads it.

Triage: should I act now? Four signals, and they are not interchangeable:

CVSSseverity - how bad it is IF exploited, 0-10. A high CVSS alone is not urgency; a flaw can be a perfect 10 and never actually be attacked. EPSSprobability - a model’s estimate of the chance it is exploited in the next 30 days, 0-1. This is the “will it actually happen” signal. CISA KEVconfirmed - it is being exploited in the wild right now. The strongest signal on the page; KEV beats any score. Weaponisedavailability - public exploits / PoCs, and especially Metasploit modules rated Excellent / Great. Reliable, packaged exploit code means low-skill attackers can use it today.

How they combine: KEV, or a dependable Metasploit module, means patch now regardless of CVSS. High CVSS + low EPSS + no exploit is real but not an emergency - schedule it. Low CVSS but KEV-listed still gets patched now. The verdict above already weighed these for you; this is how it got there.

Then what - two workflows:

Detectwhen you cannot patch today, follow this CVE to the ATT&CK techniques it enables, then Build a SIEM detection (the green button) - author a rule, test it in Atomic, deploy it. That buys visibility while the patch waits. PatchAffected products / packages tell you if you are exposed; Fixed versions by distribution and Vendor advisories give the exact version that closes it.

Reading order for the panels below: verdict + badges, then Public exploits / Metasploit (is it weaponised), then ATT&CK techniques + Sigma / IDS rules (can I detect it), then Affected products / packages + Fixed versions (am I exposed, what patches it), then Threat actors / IOCs (who uses it), then Scoring & timeline / references (the evidence).

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ATT&CK techniques

Techniques this CVE enables - linked via CWECAPECATT&CK. High◆ = named directly in ATT&CK or Nuclei templates.

T1211 · Exploitation for Stealth T1491 · Defacement T1542.002 · Component Firmware T1556 · Modify Authentication Process T1557.002 · ARP Cache Poisoning T1584.002 · DNS Server

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CAPEC attack patterns

Attack patterns this CVE enables - the bridge from weakness to ATT&CK technique.

CAPEC-CAPEC-111 · JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking) CAPEC-CAPEC-141 · Cache Poisoning CAPEC-CAPEC-142 · DNS Cache Poisoning CAPEC-CAPEC-148 · Content Spoofing CAPEC-CAPEC-218 · Spoofing of UDDI/ebXML Messages CAPEC-CAPEC-384 · Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle CAPEC-CAPEC-385 · Transaction or Event Tampering via Application API Manipulation CAPEC-CAPEC-386 · Application API Navigation Remapping CAPEC-CAPEC-387 · Navigation Remapping To Propagate Malicious Content CAPEC-CAPEC-388 · Application API Button Hijacking CAPEC-CAPEC-665 · Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws CAPEC-CAPEC-701 · Browser in the Middle (BiTM)

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Weakness Classification

CWE-345Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

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Affected Products & Versions

titanhq spamtitanall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

These PoC and exploit links come from public sources and are not verified to be safe or functional. Review the code before running anything, and treat unverified entries as untrusted.

pocPublic PoC (nvd-reference)

pocsensepost.com · clash-of-the-spamtitansensepost.com

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