What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-4586?

CVE-2012-4586 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.5 (Low). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Email And Web Security CVE-2012-4586

LOW

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

2012-08-22 cve@mitre.org

Privilege Escalation Email And Web Security Email Gateway

3.5

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

3.5 LOW

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Confidentiality

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Aug 22, 2012 - 10:42 cve.org

LOW 3.5

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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file.

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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.5), 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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file. 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.