VDB-4853 · CVE-2012-4583 · SA48406

McAfee Email/Web Security 5.5/5.6/7.0 Dashboard information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in McAfee Email and Web Security 5.5/5.6/7.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Dashboard. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-4583. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in McAfee Email and Web Security 5.5/5.6/7.0 (Anti-Malware Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Dashboard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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 obtain the session tokens of arbitrary users by navigating within the Dashboard.

The weakness was presented 03/15/2012 by Ben Williams with NGS Secure Research (Website). The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with McAfee. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-4583 since 08/22/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 5.5 Patch 6, 5.6 Patch 3, 7.0 Patch 1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (80140†), Secunia (SA48406†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026806†). See VDB-4851, VDB-4852, VDB-4854 and VDB-4855 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Email/Web Security 5.5 Patch 6, 5.6 Patch 3, 7.0 Patch 1

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Researcher: Ben Williams
Organization: NGS Secure Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-4583 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4583
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4853
Secunia: 48406 - McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 80140
SecurityTracker: 1026806

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2012 11:03
Updated: 04/25/2018 12:18
Changes: 03/19/2012 11:03 (60), 04/25/2018 12:18 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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