McAfee VirusScan 4510e Libraries memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in McAfee VirusScan 4510e (Anti-Malware Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component Libraries. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan for Linux 4510e and earlier includes the current working directory in the DT_RPATH environment variable, which allows local users to load arbitrary ELF DSO libraries and execute arbitrary code by installing malicious libraries in that directory.

The bug was discovered 12/15/2006. The weakness was disclosed 12/14/2006 by LINUX with Gentoo Linux (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-6474 since 12/11/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23867 (GLSA-200612-15 : McAfee VirusScan: Insecure DT_RPATH), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30898) and Tenable (23867).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23867
Nessus Name: GLSA-200612-15 : McAfee VirusScan: Insecure DT_RPATH
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OpenVAS ID: 57954
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200612-15 (vlnx)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: LINUX
Organization: Gentoo Linux
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-6474 (🔍)
X-Force: 30898
SecurityTracker: 1017385
Vulnerability Center: 13384 - McAfee VirusScan for Linux Code Execution due to Insecure DT_RPATH, Medium
SecurityFocus: 21592 - McAfee VirusScan For Linux Insecure DT_RPATH Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 23278
OSVDB: 31295 - McAfee - VirusScan For Linux - Insecure DT_RPATH - Remote Code Execution Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-5023

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 07/12/2019 09:25
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (70), 07/12/2019 09:25 (11)
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