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 properly encrypt system-backup data, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a backup file, as demonstrated by obtaining password hashes.
Published: 2012-08-22
Score: 3.5 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4509 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 properly encrypt system-backup data, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a backup file, as demonstrated by obtaining password hashes.
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Mcafee Email And Web Security Email Gateway
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:42:54.499Z

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

Link: CVE-2012-4584

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-08-22T10:42:04.867

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-4584

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