CVE-2025-34489
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 26 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
GFI MailEssentials prior to version 21.8 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue. A local attacker can escalate to NT Authority/SYSTEM by sending a crafted serialized payload to a .NET Remoting Service.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (2)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (9)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-34489cnnvd
- https://frycos.github.io/vulns4free/2025/04/28/mailessentials.htmlcnnvd
- https://gfi.ai/products-and-solutions/network-security-solutions/mailessentials/resources/documentation/product-releasescnnvd
- https://frycos.github.io/vulns4free/2025/04/28/mailessentials.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://gfi.ai/products-and-solutions/network-security-solutions/mailessentials/resources/documentation/product-releasesenisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/gfi-mailessentials-local-privilege-escalationenisa_euvd
- https://frycos.github.io/vulns4free/2025/04/28/mailessentials.htmlExploitnvd
- https://gfi.ai/products-and-solutions/network-security-solutions/mailessentials/resources/documentation/product-releasesRelease Notesnvd
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