Detections
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CVE-2012-4584
medium
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.
References
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0162.html