McAfee Host Data Loss Prevention up to 9.0.0.415 Protection Feature information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in McAfee Host Data Loss Prevention up to 9.0.0.415. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Protection Feature. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2009-5117. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Host Data Loss Prevention up to 9.0.0.415 (Data Loss Prevention Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Protection Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Web Post Protection feature in McAfee Host Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 3.x before 3.0.100.10 and 9.x before 9.0.0.422, when HTTP Capture mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from web traffic by reading unspecified files.

The weakness was published 08/22/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-5117 since 08/22/2012. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 9.0.0.416 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (78447). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Host Data Loss Prevention 9.0.0.416

Timelineinfo

08/22/2012 🔍
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03/23/2015 +943 days 🔍
01/18/2018 +1032 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-5117 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-5117
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61735
X-Force: 78447 - McAfee Host Data Loss Prevention Web Post information disclosure

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/18/2018 07:48
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (47), 01/18/2018 07:48 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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