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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2012-4581

CVE-2012-4581

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.

Affected products

6
  • McAfee/Email And Web Security4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <5.5 Patch 6 & <5.6 Patch 3
  • McAfee/Email Gateway2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <7.0 Patch 1

Patches

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