CVE-2012-4582 is a vulnerability affecting 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. It allows remote authenticated users to reset the passwords of arbitrary administrative accounts through unspecified vectors. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a medium severity due to requiring authentication and moderate attack complexity, with potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.