Is CVE-2020-24045 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2020-24045 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2020-24045 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2020-24045 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-24045?

CVE-2020-24045 has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH).

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HIGH

CVE-2020-24045

CWE-345Published: September 17, 2020· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

7.2

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

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.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2020-24045 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

Exploitation requires high privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 7.2.