The web interface in McAfee Email Gateway (formerly IronMail) 6.7.1 allows remote authenticated users, with only Read privileges, to gain Write privileges to modify configuration via the save action in a direct request to admin/systemWebAdminConfig.do.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2116 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.55%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 0.57% | 0.55% | -0.03% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.55% | 0.57% | +0.03% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.55% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mcafee | email_gateway | 6.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:6.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mcafee | secure_mail | 6.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:secure_mail:6.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/64832 | Broken Link |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/39881 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/cybsec_advisory_2010_0501_Ironmail_Advisory_Web_Access_Broken.pdf | Exploit |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024018 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1239 | Vendor Advisory |