McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities
BID:55184
Info
McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities
| Bugtraq ID: | 55184 |
| Class: | Unknown |
| CVE: |
CVE-2012-4595 CVE-2012-4596 CVE-2012-4597 |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Aug 23 2012 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Aug 23 2012 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Tenable Network Security |
| Vulnerable: |
McAfee Email Gateway 7.0 McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance 5.6 Patch 3 McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5 Patch 6 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities
McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway are prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability, a directory-traversal vulnerability, and a security-bypass vulnerability.
A remote attacker could leverage the cross-site scripting issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
Exploiting the security-bypass vulnerability allows attackers to bypass security restrictions and obtain sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions.
Exploiting the directory-traversal issue allows attackers to use directory-traversal strings to download arbitrary files in the context of the affected application.
McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway are prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability, a directory-traversal vulnerability, and a security-bypass vulnerability.
A remote attacker could leverage the cross-site scripting issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
Exploiting the security-bypass vulnerability allows attackers to bypass security restrictions and obtain sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions.
Exploiting the directory-traversal issue allows attackers to use directory-traversal strings to download arbitrary files in the context of the affected application.
Exploit / POC
McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities
Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Solution / Fix
McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities
Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.
Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.
References
McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance and Email Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities
References:
References:
- Email and Web Security Appliance Homepage (McAfee)
- Email Gateway (McAfee)