CVE-2012-4581
McAfee EWS <5.5.6 & MEG 7.0 <1 - Auth Bypass
Title source: llmDescription
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.
Scores
EPSS
0.0049
EPSS Percentile
65.3%
Classification
CWE
CWE-287
Status
draft
Affected Products (4)
mcafee/email_and_web_security
mcafee/email_and_web_security
mcafee/email_and_web_security
mcafee/email_gateway
Timeline
Published
Aug 22, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026