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ID

VAR-201208-0467


CVE

CVE-2012-4595


TITLE

McAfee Email and Web Security and McAfee Email Gateway Vulnerabilities that bypass authentication

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sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003832

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. A remote attacker could leverage the cross-site scripting issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. Exploiting the security-bypass vulnerability allows attackers to bypass security restrictions and obtain sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions. Exploiting the directory-traversal issue allows attackers to use directory-traversal strings to download arbitrary files in the context of the affected application. The solution offers incoming threat protection, outgoing encryption, data loss prevention, and more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The new Secunia CSI 6.0 is now available in beta! Seamless integration with your existing security solutions Sign-up to become a Beta tester: http://secunia.com/csi6beta ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA50408 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/50408/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=50408 RELEASE DATE: 2012-08-24 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/50408/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/50408/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=50408 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway, which can be exploited by malicious users to disclose certain sensitive information and by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting attacks. 1) An unspecified error within the authentication mechanism can be exploited to gain administrative privileges. 2) Certain input passed to the web interface is not properly verified before being used to download files. This can be exploited to download arbitrary files from local resources via directory traversal sequences. 3) Certain unspecified input is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. The vulnerabilities are reported in the following products: * McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) versions 7.0.0 and 7.0.1. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: The vendor credits Tenable Network Security. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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sources: NVD: CVE-2012-4595 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003832 // BID: 55184 // VULHUB: VHN-57876 // PACKETSTORM: 115881

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

vendor:mcafeemodel:email gatewayscope:eqversion:7.0.0

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vendor:mcafeemodel:email gatewayscope:eqversion:7.0.1

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vendor:mcafeemodel:email and web securityscope:eqversion:5.6

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vendor:mcafeemodel:email and web securityscope:eqversion:5.5

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vendor:mcafeemodel:email and web securityscope:lteversion:5.5 patch 6

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vendor:mcafeemodel:email and web securityscope:lteversion:5.6 patch 3

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vendor:mcafeemodel:email gatewayscope:eqversion:7.0

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vendor:mcafeemodel:email and web security appliance patchscope:eqversion:5.63

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vendor:mcafeemodel:email and web security appliance patchscope:eqversion:5.56

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sources: BID: 55184 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003832 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-414 // NVD: CVE-2012-4595

CVSS

SEVERITY

CVSSV2

CVSSV3

nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2012-4595
value: HIGH

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NVD: CVE-2012-4595
value: HIGH

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CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-414
value: HIGH

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VULHUB: VHN-57876
value: HIGH

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nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2012-4595
severity: HIGH
baseScore: 7.5
vectorString: AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: LOW
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: PARTIAL
integrityImpact: PARTIAL
availabilityImpact: PARTIAL
exploitabilityScore: 10.0
impactScore: 6.4
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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VULHUB: VHN-57876
severity: HIGH
baseScore: 7.5
vectorString: AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: LOW
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: PARTIAL
integrityImpact: PARTIAL
availabilityImpact: PARTIAL
exploitabilityScore: 10.0
impactScore: 6.4
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-57876 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003832 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-414 // NVD: CVE-2012-4595

PROBLEMTYPE DATA

problemtype:CWE-287

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sources: VULHUB: VHN-57876 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003832 // NVD: CVE-2012-4595

THREAT TYPE

remote

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-414

TYPE

authorization issue

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sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-414

CONFIGURATIONS

sources:
            
            
            JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003832

PATCH
title:SB10026url:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026
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sources:
            
            
            JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003832

EXTERNAL IDS
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4595
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db:MCAFEEid:SB10026
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db:SECTRACKid:1027444
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db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003832
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db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201208-414
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db:NSFOCUSid:20438
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db:BIDid:55184
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db:SECUNIAid:50408
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db:VULHUBid:VHN-57876
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db:PACKETSTORMid:115881
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sources:
            
            
            VULHUB: VHN-57876 // 
            
            
            
            BID: 55184 // 
            
            
            
            JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003832 // 
            
            
            
            PACKETSTORM: 115881 // 
            
            
            
            CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-414 // 
            
            
            
            NVD: CVE-2012-4595

REFERENCES
url:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=sb10026
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url:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
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url:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977
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url:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2012-4595
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url:http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnid=cve-2012-4595
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url:http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/20438
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url:http://www.mcafee.com/uk/products/email-and-web-security-appliance.aspx
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url:http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/email-gateway.aspx
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url:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=sb10026
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url:http://secunia.com/advisories/50408/
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url:http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
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url:http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/
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url:http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/
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url:https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=50408
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url:http://secunia.com/csi6beta
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url:http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
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url:http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org
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url:http://secunia.com/advisories/50408/#comments
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url:http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/
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sources:
            
            
            VULHUB: VHN-57876 // 
            
            
            
            BID: 55184 // 
            
            
            
            JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003832 // 
            
            
            
            PACKETSTORM: 115881 // 
            
            
            
            CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-414 // 
            
            
            
            NVD: CVE-2012-4595

CREDITS
Tenable Network Security
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sources:
            
            
            BID: 55184

SOURCES
db:VULHUBid:VHN-57876
db:BIDid:55184
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003832
db:PACKETSTORMid:115881
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201208-414
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4595

LAST UPDATE DATE
2025-04-11T22:56:10.174000+00:00

SOURCES UPDATE DATE
db:VULHUBid:VHN-57876date:2017-08-29T00:00:00
db:BIDid:55184date:2012-08-23T00:00:00
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003832date:2012-08-24T00:00:00
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201208-414date:2012-08-23T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4595date:2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

SOURCES RELEASE DATE
db:VULHUBid:VHN-57876date:2012-08-22T00:00:00
db:BIDid:55184date:2012-08-23T00:00:00
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003832date:2012-08-24T00:00:00
db:PACKETSTORMid:115881date:2012-08-24T06:54:24
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201208-414date:2012-08-23T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4595date:2012-08-22T10:42:05.413