McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1 GET Request format string

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A vulnerability has been found in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1 (Endpoint Management Software) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component GET Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a format string vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-134. The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Format string vulnerability in McAfee Security ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 2.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET request with a URI containing format strings.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2002. The weakness was released 03/17/2003 by Ollie Whitehouse and Andreas Junestam with @stake (Website). The advisory is available at atstake.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-0690 since 07/12/2002. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/10/2019).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 320 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11409 (ePolicy Orchestrator HTTP GET Request Remote Format String), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers, running in the context r and relying on port 8081.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11559) and Tenable (11409).

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Class: Format string
CWE: CWE-134 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 11409
Nessus Name: ePolicy Orchestrator HTTP GET Request Remote Format String
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07/12/2002 +72 days 🔍
03/17/2003 +248 days 🔍
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05/10/2019 +1736 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: atstake.com
Researcher: Ollie Whitehouse, Andreas Junestam
Organization: @stake
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0690 (🔍)
X-Force: 11559
Vulnerability Center: 1365 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Allows Arbitrary Code Execution, High
SecurityFocus: 7111 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator HTTP GET Request Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 8311 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Format String Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 4375 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator HTTP GET Request Remote Format String

Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2014 12:41
Updated: 05/10/2019 14:55
Changes: 08/08/2014 12:41 (69), 05/10/2019 14:55 (10)
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