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

CVE-2012-4586

CVE-2012-4586

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.

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: >=5.0, <5.5 Patch 6 & >=5.6, <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

Vulnerability mechanics

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