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A vulnerability was found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.8 Patch 5 on 32-bit (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Buffer Overflow Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability (ASLR/DEP). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) feature in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 Patch 6 allocates memory with Read, Write, Execute (RWX) permissions at predictable addresses on 32-bit platforms when protecting another application, which allows attackers to bypass the DEP and ASLR protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was published 12/16/2015 with enSilo (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-8577 since 12/16/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87500 (McAfee VirusScan Enterprise < 8.8 Patch 6 Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) Security Bypass (SB10142)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371531 (McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Application Protections Bypass Vulnerability (SB10142)).

Upgrading to version 8.8 Patch 6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (87500).

Productinfo

Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• McAfee

Name

• VirusScan Enterprise

Version

• 8.8 Patch 5

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Name: ASLR/DEP
Class: Access control / ASLR/DEP
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 87500
Nessus Name: McAfee VirusScan Enterprise < 8.8 Patch 6 Buffer Overflow Protection (BOP) Security Bypass (SB10142)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 803320
OpenVAS Name: McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Security Bypass Vulnerability Jan16 (Windows)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

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Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Patch 6

Timelineinfo

08/26/2015 🔍
12/08/2015 +104 days 🔍
12/16/2015 +8 days 🔍
12/16/2015 +0 days 🔍
12/16/2015 +0 days 🔍
12/16/2015 +0 days 🔍
12/17/2015 +1 days 🔍
12/17/2015 +0 days 🔍
12/18/2015 +1 days 🔍
05/15/2018 +879 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Organization: enSilo
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2015-8577 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 55319 - McAfee VirusScan Enterprise before 8.8 P6 Local Restrictions Bypass via the BOP Feature, Low
SecurityFocus: 78810 - McAfee VirusScan Enterprise Local Security Bypass Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 12/17/2015 09:29
Updated: 05/15/2018 09:21
Changes: 12/17/2015 09:29 (60), 05/15/2018 09:21 (17)
Complete: 🔍

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