CVE-2012-4581 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack sessions by capturing cookies due to improper session termination, requiring user interaction to capture the token.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-4581?
CVE-2012-4581 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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, does not disable the server-side session token upon the closing of the Management Console/Dashboard, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by capturing a session cookie and then modifying the response to a login attempt, related to a "Logout Failure" issue.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4581?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Mcafee Email and Web Security, Mcafee Email Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2012-4581?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4581 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2012-4581 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4581 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wpp8-fp59-g7vc.