CVE-2012-4585 is a file disclosure vulnerability affecting McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) products. Authenticated attackers can exploit this flaw by crafting a malicious URL to read arbitrary files on the affected systems. With a CVSS score of 4.0, this vulnerability is of low severity, requiring authentication (Au:S) but having a low attack complexity (AC:L) and only impacting confidentiality (C:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion, indicating a low current threat.
| 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:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
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