CVE-2012-4584

Severity

35%

Complexity

68%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

McAfee Email

First reported 12 years ago

2012-08-22 10:42:00

Last updated 12 years ago

2012-10-30 04:07:00

Affected Software

McAfee Email and Web Security 5.0

5.0

McAfee Email and Web Security 5.5

5.5

McAfee Email and Web Security 5.6

5.6

McAfee Email Gateway 7.0

7.0

References

20120329 NGS00157 Patch Notification: McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance v5.6 - Password hashes can be recovered from a system backup and easily cracked

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

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