McAfee Email Gateway up to 7.6.x File Filtering Email Attachment cross site scripting
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A vulnerability was found in McAfee Email Gateway up to 7.6.x. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component File Filtering. The manipulation as part of a Email Attachment leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.6.x before 7.6.404, when File Filtering is enabled with the action set to ESERVICES:REPLACE, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an attachment in a blocked email.
The weakness was published 04/06/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3969 since 04/06/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90835 (McAfee Email Gateway 7.6.x < 7.6.404 Blocked Email Alert XSS (SB10153)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 7.6.404 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 (90835).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
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Nessus ID: 90835
Nessus Name: McAfee Email Gateway 7.6.x < 7.6.404 Blocked Email Alert XSS (SB10153)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Email Gateway 7.6.404
Timeline
03/30/2016 🔍04/06/2016 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mcafee.comAdvisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-3969 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1035470
Vulnerability Center: 58036 - McAfee Email Gateway Remote XSS via an Attachment in a Blocked Email, Medium
Entry
Created: 04/07/2016 14:22Updated: 07/12/2022 09:39
Changes: 04/07/2016 14:22 (64), 02/04/2019 10:24 (11), 07/12/2022 09:39 (3)
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