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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-4511 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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:45:25.033Z

Reserved: 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-4586

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-08-22T10:42:04.930

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-4586

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