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CVE-2012-4586

Published: Aug 22, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264
NVD MITRE
3.5CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.9%
Top 44.6%
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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-264

Affected Products

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

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

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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