CVE-2010-2116

Exp

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.

Published: 2010-05-28 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-2116

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2116

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2116

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2116

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2116

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2116

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