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CVE-2012-4584

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-310

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, does not properly encrypt system-backup data, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a backup file, as demonstrated by obtaining password hashes.

Affected products

• McAfee Email And Web Security: 5.0, 5.5, 5.6
• Intel McAfee Email Gateway (MEG): 7.0

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0162.html
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0162.html
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020

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