VDB-1658 · SA16226 · OSVDB 18465

Network Associates MvAfee Webshield up to 3.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Network Associates MvAfee Webshield up to 3.0. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Network Associates MvAfee Webshield up to 3.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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, and integrity.

The weakness was presented 07/27/2005 with Network Associates (Website). The advisory is available at knowledgemap.nai.com. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at nai.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (18465†), Secunia (SA16226†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1014590†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
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CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: nai.com

Timelineinfo

07/27/2005 🔍
07/27/2005 +0 days 🔍
07/28/2005 +0 days 🔍
08/02/2005 +5 days 🔍
07/03/2019 +5083 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: knowledgemap.nai.com
Researcher: http://www.nai.com
Organization: Network Associates
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1658
Secunia: 16226 - McAfee WebShield Default Account Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 18465 - McAfee WebShield Unspecified Default Account
SecurityTracker: 1014590

Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2005 12:39
Updated: 07/03/2019 20:28
Changes: 08/02/2005 12:39 (54), 07/03/2019 20:28 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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