CVE-2012-4581
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.21% probability · 67th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- mcafee/email and web security · mcafee/email gateway
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.