CVE-2012-4585
McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch 6 and 5.6 before Patch 3, and McAfee...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-4585- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-4585- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-4510 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2012-4510- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5jf7-wfpr-3mrj No score
McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.x before 5.5 Patch 6 and 5.6 before Patch 3, and McAfee...
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.
- Record
GHSA-5jf7-wfpr-3mrj- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-4585 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Mcafee Email And Web Security, published August 22, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.94%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.