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CVE-2012-4581 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-287	Improper Authentication	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mcafee email and web security	5.0 5.5 5.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mcafee email gateway	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 22, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]