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

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HIGH

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 Aug 22, 2012

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.53%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.53% 0.02525

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02525

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.53% (0.02525)	84.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.53% (0.02525)	82.77th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.35% (0.00350)	55.23th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.72% (0.00718)	81.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.72% (0.00718)	79.96th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.72% (0.00718)	77.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

References (3)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10026		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 22, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 22, 2012

Link CVE-2012-4595

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4595

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-4595