Is CVE-2012-4586 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4586 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-4586?

CVE-2012-4586 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.5 (LOW).

CVE-2012-4586

LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD

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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.5 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.9% (59th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-4511)
Published: August 22, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-4511 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mcafee / email and web security
mcafee / email and web security
mcafee / email and web security
mcafee / email gateway

Certified products that may be affected

3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

McAfee Email Gateway L1 - McAfee, Inc. - FIPS 140 2233 - historical
McAfee Email Gateway L2 - McAfee, Inc. - FIPS 140 2234 - historical
McAfee Email And Web Security Appliance Version 5.5 Patch 2 - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-143 - archived

References

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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