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01 Record

CVE-2012-4595

McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain an admin

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
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02 Description

McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain an admin

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
2.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 84.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector
No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2012-08-22 10:00Z14 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-06 20:42Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2012-08-22
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
5977b58023caa9430cff27bd71c9b045dcfc0f674442bdd9485b864d6f058cba

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
mcafeeemail_and_web_securityNot specified—
mcafeeemail_gatewayNot specified—

06 References