CVE-2012-4585

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 read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0163.html
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020	Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0163.html
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2012-08-22 10:42

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2012-4585

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4585

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-4585

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

email_gateway
email_and_web_security

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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