FKIE_CVE-2012-4584

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-22 10:42 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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 properly encrypt system-backup data, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a backup file, as demonstrated by obtaining password hashes.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0162.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0162.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mcafee email_and_web_security 5.0
mcafee email_and_web_security 5.5
mcafee email_and_web_security 5.6
mcafee email_gateway 7.0
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