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CVE-2012-4595

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% 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-287

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 session ID via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

• McAfee Email And Web Security: 5.5, 5.6
• Intel McAfee Email Gateway (MEG): 7.0.0, 7.0.1

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026

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