CVE-2012-4581

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.

Published: 2012-08-22 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4581 is rated Moderate Risk (50.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.49%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4581

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 2026-02-12 0.41% 0.49% +0.08%
2 2024-12-17 0.48% 0.41% -0.06%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4581

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4581

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4581

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mcafee email_and_web_security 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee email_and_web_security 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee email_and_web_security 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_and_web_security:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee email_gateway 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4581

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