McAfee Gateway 2010.1c Malware Detection access control

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A vulnerability was found in McAfee Gateway 2010.1c and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Malware Detection. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1429. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Gateway 2010.1c and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Malware Detection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The ELF file parser in Bitdefender 7.2, Comodo Antivirus 7424, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 5.1.0.1, eSafe 7.0.17.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 9.0.16160.0, Ikarus Virus Utilities T3 Command Line Scanner 1.1.97.0, McAfee Anti-Virus Scanning Engine 5.400.0.1158, McAfee Gateway (formerly Webwasher) 2010.1C, and nProtect Anti-Virus 2011-01-17.01 allows remote attackers to bypass malware detection via an ELF file with a ustar character sequence at a certain location. NOTE: this may later be SPLIT into multiple CVEs if additional information is published showing that the error occurred independently in different ELF parser implementations.

The weakness was shared 03/21/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-1429 since 02/29/2012. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 02/16/2019). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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 (74244). The entries VDB-60507, VDB-60506, VDB-60505 and VDB-60504 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• McAfee

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• Gateway

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• 2010.1c

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.mcafee.com/

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