VDB-103487 · CVE-2017-4052 · BID 99557

McAfee Advanced Threat Defense 3.4/3.6/3.8/3.10 HTTP Request missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense 3.4/3.6/3.8/3.10. Affected is an unknown function of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-4052. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense 3.4/3.6/3.8/3.10 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Authentication Bypass vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) 3.10, 3.8, 3.6, 3.4 allows remote unauthenticated users / remote attackers to change or update any configuration settings, or gain administrator functionality via a crafted HTTP request parameter.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2017. The weakness was disclosed 07/12/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-4052 since 12/26/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/01/2021).

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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 99557†). The entries VDB-103488, VDB-103489, VDB-103490 and VDB-103491 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

12/26/2016 🔍
07/11/2017 +197 days 🔍
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07/12/2017 +1 days 🔍
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01/01/2021 +1269 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Researcher: Rik Van Duijn, Wesley Neelen, Theo Snelleman
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-4052 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-4052
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-103487
SecurityFocus: 99557 - McAfee Advanced Threat Defense CVE-2017-4052 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/12/2017 23:34
Updated: 01/01/2021 10:01
Changes: 07/12/2017 23:34 (59), 10/25/2019 09:59 (4), 01/01/2021 10:01 (2)
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