CVE-2012-4584

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 properly encrypt system-backup data, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a backup file, as demonstrated by obtaining password hashes.

Published: 2012-08-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4584 is rated Low Risk (33.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.85%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4584

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 2026-06-15 0.26% 0.85% +0.59%
2 2026-02-12 0.16% 0.26% +0.10%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4584

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4584

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4584

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-2012-4584

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