CVE Database · CVE-2012-4586
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
0.92%
Published
Aug 22, 2012
Modified
Apr 28, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (4)
References (2)