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CVE-2012-4593

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% 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-264

Description

McAfee Application Control and Change Control 5.1.x and 6.0.0 do not enforce an intended password requirement in certain situations involving attributes of the password file, which allows local users to bypass authentication by executing a command.

Affected products

• Intel McAfee Application Control (MAC): 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 6.0.0
• McAfee Change Control: 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 6.0.0

References

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10023
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10023

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