CVE-2010-2116 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (formerly IronMail) version 6.7.1. An authenticated user with only Read privileges can exploit a direct request to the admin/systemWebAdminConfig.do endpoint to gain Write privileges and modify configuration settings. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5, indicating a medium severity, and allows for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact via a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:6.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:secure_mail:6.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
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