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CVE-2012-4595 Details

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.

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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977 CVE
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977 [email protected]
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-287Improper Authentication[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mcafee email and web security
5.5
5.6

CPE

  • 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
7.0.0
7.0.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-4595
NVD Published Date:
Aug 22, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-4595 Details - Not Deferred