What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-4583?

CVE-2012-4583 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.3%.

Email And Web Security CVE-2012-4583

MEDIUM

Information Exposure (CWE-200)

2012-08-22 cve@mitre.org

Information Disclosure Email And Web Security Email Gateway

4.0

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.0 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Confidentiality

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Aug 22, 2012 - 10:42 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.0

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 obtain the session tokens of arbitrary users by navigating within the Dashboard.

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 obtain the session tokens of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Exposure of Sensitive Information (CWE-200), which allows attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed. 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 obtain the session tokens of arbitrary users by navigating within the Dashboard. 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. Minimize information in error messages, implement proper access controls, encrypt sensitive data at rest and in transit.