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CVE-2012-4583

Published: Aug 22, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
NVD MITRE
4.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 43.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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, allows remote authenticated users to obtain the session tokens of arbitrary users by navigating within the Dashboard.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

email and web securitymcafeeSecurity Products
email gatewaymcafeeSecurity Products
n/an/a
mcafeecommercialUSSecurity Productsaka mcaee, mcafee security

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0161.html
archives.neohapsis.com
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020
kc.mcafee.com

Timeline

Published
Aug 22, 2012
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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