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Advisory details: project_kb_statements / CVE-2020-9488
Advisory ID project_kb_statements/CVE-2020-9488
Aliases
Summary Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
There are no known severity scores.
Reference id Reference type URL
There are no known references.
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
There are no known vectors.

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-05-29T16:07:49Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2020/9xxx/CVE-2020-9488.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2020-9488

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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]