{"cve":"CVE-2012-4586","nvd":{"published":"2012-08-22T10:42:04.930","modified":"2026-06-16T23:45:26.910","status":"Modified","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, accesses files with the privileges of the root user, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended permission settings by requesting a file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020","https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020"],"products":["mcafee:email_and_web_security","mcafee:email_gateway"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-4586","score":0.00915,"percentile":0.60167,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}