CVE-2012-4596: McAfee Email Gateway

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• McAfee Email Gateway: version 7.0.0 only; version 7.0.1 only

Published 2012-08-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.