McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator/ProtectionPilot Management Agent heap-based overflow
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A vulnerability has been found in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot (Endpoint Management Software) (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Management Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Heap-based buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 through 3.6.1, ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 and 1.5, and Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.5.5.438 through 3.6.0.453 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.
The bug was discovered 07/10/2007. The weakness was disclosed 07/10/2007 by Neel Mehta with IBM ISS X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared at knowledge.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5273 since 10/13/2006. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25702 (McAfee Common Management Agent < 3.6.0.546 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 42003 (McAfee Common Management Agent Multiple Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35304) and Tenable (25702). The entries 37778, 37776 and 37775 are pretty similar.
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Class: Heap-based overflowCWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 25702
Nessus Name: McAfee Common Management Agent < 3.6.0.546 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sources
Vendor: mcafee.comAdvisory: knowledge.mcafee.com
Researcher: Neel Mehta
Organization: IBM ISS X-Force
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5273 (🔍)
X-Force: 35304
SecurityTracker: 1018363
Vulnerability Center: 15602 - McAfee Common Management Agent Buffer Overflow Allows Code Execution with System Privileges, Critical
SecurityFocus: 24863 - McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26029
OSVDB: 36100 - McAfee Multiple Products ePolicy Orchestrator Crafted Packet Remote Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2007-2498
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Entry
Created: 03/15/2015 15:58Updated: 07/22/2019 08:52
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (75), 07/22/2019 08:52 (11)
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