Email Gateway CVE-2012-4582

MEDIUM

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)

2012-08-22 cve@mitre.org

Privilege Escalation Email Gateway Email And Web Security Mcafee

4.9

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

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NVD PRIMARY

4.9 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

M

Confidentiality

P

Integrity

P

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

1

CVE Published

Aug 22, 2012 - 10:42 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.9

DescriptionCVE.org

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 reset the passwords of arbitrary administrative accounts via unspecified vectors.

AnalysisAI

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 reset the passwords of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. 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 reset the passwords of arbitrary administrative accounts via unspecified vectors. Affected products include: Mcafee Email And Web Security, Mcafee Email Gateway. Version information: before 5.5.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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