VDB-124784 · CVE-2018-6689 · Qualys 371236

McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint up to 10.0/11.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint up to 10.0/11.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-6689. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint up to 10.0/11.0 (Data Loss Prevention Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Authentication Bypass vulnerability in McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint (DLPe) 10.0.x earlier than 10.0.510, and 11.0.x earlier than 11.0.600 allows attackers to bypass local security protection via specific conditions.

The bug was discovered 10/02/2018. The weakness was shared 10/03/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-6689 since 02/05/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371236 (McAfee Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Authentication Bypass Vulnerability(SB10252)).

Upgrading to version 10.0.510 or 11.0.600 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.0
CNA Vector (McAfee): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Data Loss Prevention Endpoint 10.0.510/11.0.600

Timelineinfo

02/05/2018 🔍
10/02/2018 +238 days 🔍
10/03/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/03/2018 +0 days 🔍
10/04/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/22/2023 +1691 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

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

CVE: CVE-2018-6689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-6689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-124784
SecurityTracker: 1041908

Entryinfo

Created: 10/04/2018 15:57
Updated: 05/22/2023 09:19
Changes: 10/04/2018 15:57 (60), 03/29/2020 16:49 (2), 05/22/2023 09:18 (4), 05/22/2023 09:19 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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