CVE-2012-4593

McAfee Application Control and Change Control 5.1.x and 6.0.0 do not enforce an intended password requirement in certain situations involving attributes of the password file, which allows local users to bypass authentication by executing a command.

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-2012-4593 is rated Moderate Risk (41/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4593

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 0.23% 0.99% +0.76%
2 2025-03-30 0.28% 0.23% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4593

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4593

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4593

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mcafee application_control 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee application_control 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee application_control 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee application_control 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee change_control 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:change_control:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee change_control 5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:change_control:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee change_control 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:change_control:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee change_control 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:change_control:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4593

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