CVE-2012-4585 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2012-4585?

CVE-2012-4585 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

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, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4585?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mcafee Email and Web Security, Mcafee Email Gateway.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4585?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4585 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2012-4585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2012-4014 Denial of service in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2012-4595 Auth bypass in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2012-4581 Auth bypass in n/a Medium 6.8
• CVE-2012-4582 Auth bypass in n/a Medium 4.9
• CVE-2012-4580 Cross-site scripting in n/a Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5jf7-wfpr-3mrj.