CVE-2012-4596
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.6%EU EUVD
Directory traversal vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and download arbitrary files via a crafted URL.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-4521)
- 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-2012-4521 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mcafee / email gateway
- mcafee / email gateway
Certified products that may be affected
5 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 Gateway (MEG) software v7.0.1, running on VMware server - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-241 - archived
- McAfee® Email Gateway (MEG) software v7.0.1, running on appliance models 4000-B, 4500-B, 5000(B, C & C-2U), 5500(B & C), and the Content Security Blade Server - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-198 - archived
- McAfee® Email Gateway (MEG) software v7.0.1, running on appliance models 4000-B, 4500-B, 5000(B, C & C-2U), 5500(B & C), and the Content Security Blade Server - McAfee, Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-198 - archived
References
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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