McAfee E-Mail Gateway 7.0.0/7.0.1 improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in McAfee E-Mail Gateway 7.0.0/7.0.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain an admin session ID via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 08/22/2012 with Tenable Network Security as SB10026 as confirmed bulletin (Website) via mcafee.com. It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The public release was coordinated with McAfee. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-4595 since 08/22/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59110 (McAfee WebShield UI Authentication Bypass), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

Applying the patch MEG 7.0.1 Patch 2 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mcafee.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77977) and Tenable (59110). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 6009, 6010, 6012 and 6013.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 59110
Nessus Name: McAfee WebShield UI Authentication Bypass
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Patch: MEG 7.0.1 Patch 2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: SB10026
Organization: Tenable Network Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-4595 (🔍)
X-Force: 77977 - McAfee Email and Web Security session ID security bypass, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1027443 - McAfee Email and Web Security Lets Remote Users Bypass Authentication and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 35978 - McAfee Email and Web Security and Email Gateway Allows Remote Authentication Bypass, Medium
SecurityFocus: 55184 - McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50408 - McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 84851 - McAfee Email and Web Security / Email Gateway Unspecified Admin Authentication Bypass

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/27/2012 18:32
Updated: 03/27/2021 14:01
Changes: 08/27/2012 18:32 (54), 07/08/2015 16:39 (28), 03/27/2021 13:59 (8), 03/27/2021 14:01 (1)
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