VDB-119596 · CVE-2018-6672 · BID 104485

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator up to 5.9.1 information disclosure

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5.5	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability has been found in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator up to 5.9.1 (Endpoint Management Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Information disclosure vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.3.0 through 5.3.3 and 5.9.0 through 5.9.1 allows authenticated users to view sensitive information in plain text format via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 06/14/2018. The weakness was released 06/15/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6672 since 02/06/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/27/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 104485†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1041155†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-119595. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Endpoint Management Software

Vendor

McAfee

Name

ePolicy Orchestrator

Version

License

commercial

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 6.5
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.7
CNA Vector (McAfee): 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

02/06/2018 🔍
06/14/2018 +128 days 🔍
06/14/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/15/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/15/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/15/2018 +0 days 🔍
06/20/2018 +5 days 🔍
03/27/2023 +1741 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-6672 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6672
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119596
SecurityFocus: 104485 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Access Bypass and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1041155

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/15/2018 11:03 PM
Updated: 03/27/2023 03:25 PM
Changes: 06/15/2018 11:03 PM (60), 02/21/2020 03:07 PM (7), 03/27/2023 03:25 PM (14)
Complete: 🔍
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