CVE-2012-4581

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMcafee Email And Web Security
PublishedAug 22, 2012
First seenAug 22, 2012

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mcafee email_and_web_security5.0, 5.5, 5.6—
mcafee email_gateway7.0—

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