VDB-121565 · CVE-2018-6681 · Qualys 371081

McAfee Network Security Management up to 9.1.7.11 Web Interface Reflected cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Network Security Management up to 9.1.7.11 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Web Interface. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-6681. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in McAfee Network Security Management up to 9.1.7.11. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Web Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Abuse of Functionality vulnerability in the web interface in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM) 9.1.7.11 and earlier allows authenticated users to allow arbitrary HTML code to be reflected in the response web page via appliance web interface.

The bug was discovered 07/09/2018. The weakness was published 07/17/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6681 since 02/06/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary 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 was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371081 (McAfee Network Security Manager HTML Code Injection Vulnerability(SB10244)).

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

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Name: Reflected
Class: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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02/06/2018 🔍
07/09/2018 +153 days 🔍
07/17/2018 +7 days 🔍
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07/18/2018 +1 days 🔍
04/09/2023 +1726 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-6681 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6681
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-121565

Entryinfo

Created: 07/18/2018 08:50
Updated: 04/09/2023 15:45
Changes: 07/18/2018 08:50 (59), 03/05/2020 19:56 (2), 04/09/2023 15:45 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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