mcafee virusscan enterprise 8.0i program.exe privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in mcafee virusscan enterprise 8.0i. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file program.exe. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-4505. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in mcafee virusscan enterprise 8.0i (Anti-Malware Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file program.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

unquoted windows search path vulnerability in mcafee virusscan enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and cma 3.5 (patch 5) might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious "program.exe" file in the c: folder which is run by naprdmgr.exe when it attempts to execute entvutil.exe under an unquoted "program files" path.

The weakness was shared 12/22/2005 by Reed Arvin (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-4505 since 12/22/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23815), SecurityFocus (BID 16040†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015404†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

12/22/2005 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Reed Arvin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-4505 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4505
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27749
X-Force: 23815 - McAfee naPrdMgr.exe privilege escalation
SecurityFocus: 16040 - McAfee VirusScan Path Specification Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1015404 - McAfee VirusScan Bug in 'naPrdMgr.exe' Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vupen: ADV-2005-3077

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 07/31/2017 08:59
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (59), 07/31/2017 08:59 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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