VDB-103490 · CVE-2017-4055 · BID 99564

McAfee Advanced Threat Defense 3.4/3.6/3.8/3.10 Web Interface missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense 3.4/3.6/3.8/3.10. This affects an unknown part of the component Web Interface. Such manipulation leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-4055. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Advanced Threat Defense 3.4/3.6/3.8/3.10. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Web Interface. 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. CVE summarizes:

Exploitation of Authentication 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 bypass ATD detection via loose enforcement of authentication and authorization.

The bug was discovered 07/11/2017. The weakness was published 07/12/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-4055 since 12/26/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of 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 99564†). Similar entries are available at VDB-103487, VDB-103488, VDB-103489 and VDB-103491. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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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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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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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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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-2017-4055 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-4055
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-103490
SecurityFocus: 99564 - McAfee Advanced Threat Defense CVE-2017-4055 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/12/2017 23:34
Updated: 01/01/2021 10:15
Changes: 07/12/2017 23:34 (59), 10/25/2019 10:16 (4), 01/01/2021 10:15 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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