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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-4506 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T04:24:27.614Z
Reserved: 2012-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-4581
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Status : Modified
Published: 2012-08-22T10:42:04.757
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2012-4581
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD