CVE-2012-4581

Published Aug 22, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch 6 and 5.6 before Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0 before Patch 1, does not disable the server-side session token upon the closing of the Management Console/Dashboard, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by capturing a session cookie and then modifying the response to a login attempt, related to a "Logout Failure" issue.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4506 McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch 6 and 5.6 before Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0 before Patch 1, does not disable the server-side session token upon the closing of the Management Console/Dashboard, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by capturing a session cookie and then modifying the response to a login attempt, related to a "Logout Failure" issue.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 4:24 AM
Reserved
Aug 22, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 22, 2012, 10:42 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM