CVE-2012-4586

LowCVSS 3.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.5/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 22, 2012
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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