McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.1.0 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.1.0. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4886. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.1.0 (Anti-Malware Software). This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The VirusScan On-Access Scan component in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 7.1.0 and Scan Engine 4.4.00 allows local privileged users to bypass security restrictions and disable the On-Access Scan option by opening the program via the task bar and quickly clicking the Disable button, possibly due to an interface-related race condition.

The weakness was presented 09/19/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4886 since 09/19/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is declared as highly functional.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (28971). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

McAfee

Name

VirusScan Enterprise

Version

7.1.0

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.mcafee.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

VulDB Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Temp Score: 4.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

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

Availability: 🔍
Status: Highly functional

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

09/19/2006 🔍
09/19/2006 +0 days 🔍
09/19/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3096 days 🔍
09/25/2017 +928 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4886 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4886
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32373
X-Force: 28971 - McAfee VirusScan On-Access security bypass

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 09/25/2017 11:21
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (46), 09/25/2017 11:21 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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