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CVE-2012-4587· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) Agent before 4.8 and Server before 10.1, when one-time provisioning (OTP) mode is enabled, have an

McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) Agent before 4.8 and Server before 10.1, when one-time provisioning (OTP) mode is enabled, have an improper dependency on DNS SRV records, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover user passwords by spoofing the EMM server, as demonstrated by a password entered on an iOS device.

LowCVSS 3.5 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Aug 22, 2012
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 57th percentile
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Action score

14

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
14 / 40 · 3.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
mcafeeenterprise mobility manager
mcafeeenterprise mobility manager agent

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mcafee enterprise mobility managerup to 4.7 inclusive
  • mcafee enterprise mobility manager agentup to 10.0 inclusive

Same product

mcafee: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2012-4592The Portal in McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) before 10.0 does not set the secure flag for the ASP.NET session cookie in an https s
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2012-4591About.aspx in the Portal in McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) before 10.0 discloses the name of the user account for an IIS worker pr
    20Monitor
  • CVE-2012-4590Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in About.aspx in the Portal in McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) before 10.0 migh
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2012-4588McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) Agent before 4.8 and Server before 10.1 record all invalid usernames presented in failed login atte
    17Monitor
  • CVE-2012-4589Login.aspx in the Portal in McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) before 10.0 does not have an off autocomplete attribute for unspecified
    8Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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