CVE-2012-4594 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2012-4594?

CVE-2012-4594 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 22 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 4.6.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and obtain sensitive information from arbitrary reporting panels, via a modified ID value in a console URL.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4594?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator.

How do I fix CVE-2012-4594?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4594 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2012-4594 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4594 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator

• CVE-2016-8027 SQL injection in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.2 and earlier and 5.1.3 and earlier Critical 10.0
• CVE-2006-5156 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2002-0690 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-1498 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2015-8765 Deserialization in n/a High 8.3

All Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-v27p-mv6r-mg8c.