McAfee WebShield 4.x on Win NT/2000 SMTP Content-Filter privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in McAfee WebShield 4.x on Win NT/2000. This affects an unknown function of the component SMTP Content-Filter. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0095. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in McAfee WebShield 4.x on Win NT/2000 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component SMTP Content-Filter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator agent allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP POST request with an invalid Content-Length value, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

The weakness was shared 07/21/2003 by Paul Kurczaba with Kurczaba Associates (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0095. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is possible to download the exploit at secunia.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 mcafee.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2278. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 1597.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (14989), Exploit-DB (23584), SecurityFocus (BID 9476†), OSVDB (3744†) and Secunia (SA10742†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: mcafee.com

Snort ID: 2278
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP client negative Content-Length attempt
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01/22/2004 +185 days 🔍
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01/29/2004 +7 days 🔍
02/17/2004 +18 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Paul Kurczaba
Organization: Kurczaba Associates
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0095 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0095
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-184
X-Force: 14989 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Content-Length header HTTP POST buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 9476 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Agent HTTP POST Buffer Mismanagement Vulnerability
Secunia: 10742
OSVDB: 3744 - McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Invalid Content-Length DoS
Vulnerability Center: 5351 - DoS and Code Execution in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator <= 3.0 via HTTP POST Request, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2003 17:57
Updated: 07/28/2025 06:47
Changes: 07/21/2003 17:57 (85), 06/07/2017 16:04 (2), 07/28/2025 06:47 (21)
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