McAfee Freescan ActiveX Object mcfreescan.comcfreescan.1 getspecialfolderlocation information disclosure

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A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Freescan (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getspecialfolderlocation of the file mcfreescan.comcfreescan.1 of the component ActiveX Object. 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. The summary by CVE is:

McFreeScan.CoMcFreeScan.1 ActiveX object in Mcafee FreeScan allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the GetSpecialFolderLocation function with certain parameters.

The weakness was presented 12/31/2004 by Rafel Ivgi (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-1908 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $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 vulnerability database at X-Force (15782). See 22962 for similar entry.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Rafel Ivgi
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1908 (🔍)
X-Force: 15782 - McAfee FreeScan mcfscan.dll ActiveX control information disclosure
SecurityFocus: 10077 - Mcafee FreeScan CoMcFreeScan Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 11313 - McAfee McFreeScan Module System Information Disclosure, Not Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 07/16/2017 13:34
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (56), 07/16/2017 13:34 (7)
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