CVE-2012-4596 — 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

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MEDIUM

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

Published Aug 22, 2012

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.59%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.59% 0.02588

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

EPSS probability 0.02588

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 (11 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.59% (0.02588)	84.72th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.59% (0.02588)	83.19th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.26% (0.00260)	47.33th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.28% (0.00277)	69.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.28% (0.00277)	67.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 13, 2023	0.28% (0.00277)	63.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.29% (0.00285)	63.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (2)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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://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-2012-4596

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-4596

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-4596