CVE-2012-4584 (GCVE-0-2012-4584)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-08-22 10:00
Modified
2024-08-06 20:42
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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, does not properly encrypt system-backup data, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information by reading a backup file, as demonstrated by obtaining password hashes.
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