# CVE-2012-4594: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass access restrictions to view sensitive data in arbitrary reporting panels by modifying URL parameters.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v27p-mv6r-mg8c

## 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: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5156/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0690/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-1498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1498/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2015-8765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8765/): Deserialization in n/a (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4594 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4594/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4594/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4594
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4594
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4594

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4594/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.