6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-4581
McAfee Email and Web Security Session Hijacking Vulnerability
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 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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 22, 2012, 10:42 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 22, 2012, 10:42 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-4581 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mcafee email_gateway
2 Mcafee email_and_web_security
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.48 }} 0.10%

score

0.76061

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability