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    CVE-2012-4581

    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.

    Published:Aug 22, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Aug 22, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00365
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mcafee
    Product
    Email And Web Security
    Vendor
    Mcafee
    Product
    Email Gateway

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-287 Improper Authentication

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High