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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2012-4582
Modified
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-cve@mitre.org
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-22 Aug, 2012 | 10:42
Updated At-29 Apr, 2026 | 01:13

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, allows remote authenticated users to reset the passwords of arbitrary administrative accounts via unspecified vectors.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary2.04.9MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 4.9
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CPE Matches
McAfee, LLC
mcafee
>>email_and_web_security>>5.0
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
McAfee, LLC
mcafee
>>email_and_web_security>>5.5
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
McAfee, LLC
mcafee
>>email_and_web_security>>5.6
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
McAfee, LLC
mcafee
>>email_gateway>>7.0
cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-264Primarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: CWE-264
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description
Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements
References
HyperlinkSourceResource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0160.htmlcve@mitre.org
N/A
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0160.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0160.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020
Source: cve@mitre.org
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
Hyperlink: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0160.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource:
Vendor Advisory
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