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High
CVE-2012-4595
McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6...
Vulnerability 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.
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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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
mcafee
View all reports →Affected Software
email and web security, email gateway
Vulnerable Versions:
5.5, 5.6, 7.0.0, 7.0.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 22nd, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 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.