CVE-2012-4595

McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain an admin session ID via unspecified vectors.

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-2012-4595 is rated Moderate Risk (48.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4595

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 0.51% 0.35% -0.16%
2 2025-03-29 0.35% 0.51% +0.16%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.35% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4595

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4595

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4595

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee email_gateway 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:email_gateway:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4595

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