McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator/ProtectionPilot Management Agent memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Management Agent. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-5271. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot (Endpoint Management Software) (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Management Agent. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer underflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 through 3.6.1, ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 and 1.5, and Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.453 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UDP packet, which causes stack corruption.

The bug was discovered 07/10/2007. The weakness was published 07/10/2007 by Neel Mehta with IBM ISS X-Force (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at knowledge.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5271 since 10/13/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25702 (McAfee Common Management Agent < 3.6.0.546 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 42003 (McAfee Common Management Agent Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35304), Tenable (25702), SecurityFocus (BID 24863†), OSVDB (36098†) and Secunia (SA26029†). Similar entries are available at VDB-37778, VDB-37777 and VDB-37776. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 25702
Nessus Name: McAfee Common Management Agent < 3.6.0.546 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: knowledge.mcafee.com
Researcher: Neel Mehta
Organization: IBM ISS X-Force
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5271 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5271
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37775
X-Force: 35304
SecurityFocus: 24863 - McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26029
OSVDB: 36098 - McAfee Multiple Products ePolicy Orchestrator Crafted UDP Packet Remote Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018363
Vulnerability Center: 15600 - McAfee Common Management Agent Integer Underflow Allows Code Execution with System Privileges, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2007-2498

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Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/21/2019 18:02
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (72), 07/21/2019 18:02 (14)
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