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CVE-2012-4586 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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file.

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)
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020 CVEVendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[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-2012-4586
NVD Published Date:
Aug 22, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]