McAfee epolicy orchestrator 3.5.0 Web Server information disclosure
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in McAfee epolicy orchestrator 3.5.0 (Endpoint Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Web Server. 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:
the web server for network associates epolicy orchestrator agent 3.5.0 (patch 3) uses insecure permissions for the "common framework\db" folder which allows local users to read arbitrary files by creating a subfolder in the epo agent web root directory.
The bug was discovered 08/15/2005. The weakness was presented 08/12/2005 by Reed Arvin (Website). The advisory is shared at knowledgemap.nai.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2554 since 08/12/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19552 (ePolicy Orchestrator Symlink Arbitrary Privileged File Access), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21839) and Tenable (19552).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.6
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 19552
Nessus Name: ePolicy Orchestrator Symlink Arbitrary Privileged File Access
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: mcafee.comAdvisory: knowledgemap.nai.com
Researcher: Reed Arvin
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2554 (🔍)
X-Force: 21839
Vulnerability Center: 9045 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent 3.5.0 Insecure Permissions to \, Medium
SecurityFocus: 14549 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 16410
OSVDB: 18735 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator / ProtectionPilot Symlink Arbitrary Privileged File Access
Vupen: ADV-2005-1402
Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/08/2019 17:41
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (70), 06/08/2019 17:41 (5)
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