VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-4586

CVSS score3.5 LOW
EPSS probability0.92%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-08-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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