CVE-2012-4581

Published: Aug 22, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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, does not disable the server-side session token upon the closing of the Management Console/Dashboard, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by capturing a session cookie and then modifying the response to a login attempt, related to a "Logout Failure" issue.

Affected (4)

Products: Mcafee: Email And Web Security, Email Gateway

Mcafee

2 products

Email And Web Security

Email Gateway

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mcafee Email And Web Security	Version 5.0
Mcafee Email And Web Security	Version 5.5
Mcafee Email And Web Security	Version 5.6
Mcafee Email Gateway	Version 7.0

Related CWEs

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

References (2)

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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