CVE-2012-4586

low Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
3.5
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 71% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: August 22, 2012 (5013 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
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.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

mcafee email and web securitymcafee email gateway

References

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