CVE-2012-4581

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 disable the server-side session token upon the closing of the Management Console/Dashboard, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by capturing a session cookie and then modifying the response to a login attempt, related to a "Logout Failure" issue.

CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020	Vendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:::::::*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:43

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020 - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020 - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2012-08-22 10:42

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:43

NVD link : CVE-2012-4581

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4581

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-4581

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

email_gateway
email_and_web_security

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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