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CVE-2012-4584 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 properly encrypt system-backup data, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a backup file, as demonstrated by obtaining password hashes.

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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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0162.html CVE
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020 CVEVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0162.html [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-310Cryptographic Issues[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
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

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-4584
NVD Published Date:
Aug 22, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-4584 Details - Not Deferred