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CVE-2012-4586
McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
mcafee
View all reports →Affected Software
email and web security, email gateway
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 5.5, 5.6, 7.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 22nd, 2012
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.