Sign-up

ID

VAR-201208-0469


CVE

CVE-2012-4597


TITLE

McAfee Email and Web Security and McAfee Email Gateway Vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Trust: 0.8

sources: JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003834

DESCRIPTION

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 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 inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the McAfee Security Appliance Management Console/Dashboard. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Trust: 2.07

sources: NVD: CVE-2012-4597 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003834 // BID: 55184 // VULHUB: VHN-57878 // PACKETSTORM: 115881

AFFECTED PRODUCTS

vendor:mcafeemodel:email gatewayscope:eqversion:7.0.0

Trust: 2.4

vendor:mcafeemodel:email gatewayscope:eqversion:7.0.1

Trust: 2.4

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

Trust: 1.6

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

Trust: 1.6

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

Trust: 0.8

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

Trust: 0.8

vendor:mcafeemodel:email gatewayscope:eqversion:7.0

Trust: 0.3

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

Trust: 0.3

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

Trust: 0.3

sources: BID: 55184 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003834 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-416 // NVD: CVE-2012-4597

CVSS

SEVERITY

CVSSV2

CVSSV3

nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2012-4597
value: MEDIUM

Trust: 1.0

NVD: CVE-2012-4597
value: MEDIUM

Trust: 0.8

CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-416
value: MEDIUM

Trust: 0.6

VULHUB: VHN-57878
value: MEDIUM

Trust: 0.1

nvd@nist.gov: CVE-2012-4597
severity: MEDIUM
baseScore: 4.3
vectorString: AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: MEDIUM
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: PARTIAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
exploitabilityScore: 8.6
impactScore: 2.9
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

Trust: 1.8

VULHUB: VHN-57878
severity: MEDIUM
baseScore: 4.3
vectorString: AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
accessVector: NETWORK
accessComplexity: MEDIUM
authentication: NONE
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: PARTIAL
availabilityImpact: NONE
exploitabilityScore: 8.6
impactScore: 2.9
acInsufInfo: NONE
obtainAllPrivilege: NONE
obtainUserPrivilege: NONE
obtainOtherPrivilege: NONE
userInteractionRequired: NONE
version: 2.0

Trust: 0.1

sources: VULHUB: VHN-57878 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003834 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-416 // NVD: CVE-2012-4597

PROBLEMTYPE DATA

problemtype:CWE-79

Trust: 1.9

sources: VULHUB: VHN-57878 // JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003834 // NVD: CVE-2012-4597

THREAT TYPE

remote

Trust: 0.6

sources: CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-416

TYPE

xss

Trust: 0.7

sources: PACKETSTORM: 115881 // CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-416

CONFIGURATIONS

sources:
            
            
            JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003834

PATCH
title:SB10026url:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026
Trust: 0.8
sources:
            
            
            JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003834

EXTERNAL IDS
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4597
Trust: 2.8
db:MCAFEEid:SB10026
Trust: 1.8
db:SECTRACKid:1027444
Trust: 1.1
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003834
Trust: 0.8
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201208-416
Trust: 0.7
db:NSFOCUSid:20440
Trust: 0.6
db:BIDid:55184
Trust: 0.3
db:SECUNIAid:50408
Trust: 0.2
db:VULHUBid:VHN-57878
Trust: 0.1
db:PACKETSTORMid:115881
Trust: 0.1
sources:
            
            
            VULHUB: VHN-57878 // 
            
            
            
            BID: 55184 // 
            
            
            
            JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003834 // 
            
            
            
            PACKETSTORM: 115881 // 
            
            
            
            CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-416 // 
            
            
            
            NVD: CVE-2012-4597

REFERENCES
url:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=sb10026
Trust: 1.7
url:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
Trust: 1.1
url:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77979
Trust: 1.1
url:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2012-4597
Trust: 0.8
url:http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnid=cve-2012-4597
Trust: 0.8
url:http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/20440
Trust: 0.6
url:http://www.mcafee.com/uk/products/email-and-web-security-appliance.aspx
Trust: 0.3
url:http://www.mcafee.com/us/products/email-gateway.aspx
Trust: 0.3
url:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=sb10026
Trust: 0.1
url:http://secunia.com/advisories/50408/
Trust: 0.1
url:http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/
Trust: 0.1
url:http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/
Trust: 0.1
url:http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/
Trust: 0.1
url:https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=50408
Trust: 0.1
url:http://secunia.com/csi6beta
Trust: 0.1
url:http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
Trust: 0.1
url:http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org
Trust: 0.1
url:http://secunia.com/advisories/50408/#comments
Trust: 0.1
url:http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/
Trust: 0.1
sources:
            
            
            VULHUB: VHN-57878 // 
            
            
            
            BID: 55184 // 
            
            
            
            JVNDB: JVNDB-2012-003834 // 
            
            
            
            PACKETSTORM: 115881 // 
            
            
            
            CNNVD: CNNVD-201208-416 // 
            
            
            
            NVD: CVE-2012-4597

CREDITS
Tenable Network Security
Trust: 0.3
sources:
            
            
            BID: 55184

SOURCES
db:VULHUBid:VHN-57878
db:BIDid:55184
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003834
db:PACKETSTORMid:115881
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201208-416
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4597

LAST UPDATE DATE
2025-04-11T22:56:10.107000+00:00

SOURCES UPDATE DATE
db:VULHUBid:VHN-57878date:2017-08-29T00:00:00
db:BIDid:55184date:2012-08-23T00:00:00
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003834date:2012-08-24T00:00:00
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201208-416date:2012-08-23T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4597date:2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

SOURCES RELEASE DATE
db:VULHUBid:VHN-57878date:2012-08-22T00:00:00
db:BIDid:55184date:2012-08-23T00:00:00
db:JVNDBid:JVNDB-2012-003834date:2012-08-24T00:00:00
db:PACKETSTORMid:115881date:2012-08-24T06:54:24
db:CNNVDid:CNNVD-201208-416date:2012-08-23T00:00:00
db:NVDid:CVE-2012-4597date:2012-08-22T10:42:05.490