CVE-2012-4582

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, allows remote authenticated users to reset the passwords of arbitrary administrative accounts via unspecified vectors.

CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0160.html
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

No history.

Information

Published : 2012-08-22 10:42

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2012-4582

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4582

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-4582

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

email_gateway
email_and_web_security

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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