CVE-2012-4595

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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:::::::*

Information

Published : 2012-08-22 03:42

Updated : 2017-08-28 18:32

NVD link : CVE-2012-4595

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4595

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

Products Affected

mcafee

email_and_web_security
email_gateway

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