CVE-2012-4586

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

3.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 6.8 / Impact: 2.9

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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file.

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-264

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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