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CVE-2012-4584

Published: Aug 22, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

20120329 NGS00157 Patch Notification: McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance v5.6 - Password hashes can be recovered from a system backup and easily cracked

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