CVE-2012-4596 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and download arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Published: 2012-08-22

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4521	Directory traversal vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and download arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02588.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mcafee Email Gateway

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-08-22T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:42:54.855Z

Reserved: 2012-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4596

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-22T10:42:05.443

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:45:28.047

Link: CVE-2012-4596

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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