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Severity
9
OS Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

McAfee Email Gateway 7.6 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the value attribute in a (1) TestFile XML element or the (2) hostname. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2013-7092 to allow remote attackers to execute commands.

First published (updated )
Severity
9
OS Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

McAfee Email Gateway 7.6 allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands by specifying them in the value attribute in a (1) Command or (2) Script XML element. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2013-7092 to allow remote attackers to execute commands.

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Severity
8.5
Code Injection
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0 before 7.0.4 and 7.5 before 7.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors.

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Severity
7.6
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The AV engine before DAT 5600 in McAfee VirusScan, Total Protection, Internet Security, SecurityShield for Microsoft ISA Server, Security for Microsoft Sharepoint, Security for Email Servers, Email Gateway, and Active Virus Defense allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection via (1) an invalid Headflags field in a malformed RAR archive, (2) an invalid Packsize field in a malformed RAR archive, or (3) an invalid Filelength field in a malformed ZIP archive.

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Severity
7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain an admin session ID via unspecified vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 disable the server-side session token upon the closing of the Management Console/Dashboard, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by capturing a session cookie and then modifying the response to a login attempt, related to a "Logout Failure" issue.

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Severity
6.5
SQL Injection
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in /admin/cgi-bin/rpc/doReport/18 in McAfee Email Gateway 7.6 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) eventscol, (2) eventid, (3) reason, (4) eventsorder, (5) emailstatusorder, or (6) emailstatuscol JSON keys.

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Severity
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

The web interface in McAfee Email Gateway (formerly IronMail) 6.7.1 allows remote authenticated users, with only Read privileges, to gain Write privileges to modify configuration via the save action in a direct request to admin/systemWebAdminConfig.do.

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Severity
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

File extension filtering vulnerability in Intel Security McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) before 7.6.404h1128596 allows attackers to fail to identify the file name properly via scanning an email with a forged attached filename that uses a null byte within the filename extension.

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Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when File Filtering is enabled with the action set to ESERVICES:REPLACE, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an attachment in a blocked email.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.9
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

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 reset the passwords of arbitrary administrative accounts via unspecified vectors.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the McAfee Security Appliance Management Console/Dashboard.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in 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 attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the McAfee Security Appliance Management Console/Dashboard.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
Path Traversal
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Directory traversal vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and download arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

First published (updated )
Severity
4.3
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Path Traversal vulnerability in McAfee McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) prior to 7.6.406 allows remote attackers to traverse the file system to access files or directories that are outside of the restricted directory via external input to construct a path name that should be within a restricted directory.

First published (updated )
Severity
4
Infoleak
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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 obtain the session tokens of arbitrary users by navigating within the Dashboard.

First published (updated )
Severity
4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
3.5
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
3.5
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
3.5
XSS
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Secure Web Mail Client user interface in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.3.2, 7.5.x before 75.6, 7.0.x through 7.0.5, 5.6, and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified tokens in Digest messages.

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