CVE-2012-4584

Published Aug 22, 2012

Last updated 12 years ago

Overview

Description: 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 properly encrypt system-backup data, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a backup file, as demonstrated by obtaining password hashes.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 3.5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 6.8
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-310

Configurations

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  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "66A3B3D7-D6F2-4AE9-89BA-3B39896D6DBE"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C8E57CF1-7D4D-45E9-A74D-51D6C7940F26"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "36F5B0E9-0B28-4DAD-91C9-0E722D79AC46"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "46F5DE96-C4C2-498A-AD79-82BEC9A7DF5B"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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