CVE-2012-4595

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Published Aug 22, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain an admin session ID via unspecified vectors.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4520	McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain an admin session ID via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.5% (2.525% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mcafee Email And Web Security Email Gateway

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 8:42 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 22, 2012, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 8:42 PM
Reserved: Aug 22, 2012, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 22, 2012, 10:42 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:45 PM

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