CVEs-PoC/2012/CVE-2012-4586.md

### [CVE-2012-4586](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4586)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020

#### Github
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