VDB-61747 · CVE-2012-4588 · GCVE-0-2012-4588

McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager Agent prior 10.0 credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager Agent. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes credentials management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-4588. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager Agent. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-255. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) Agent before 4.8 and Server before 10.1 record all invalid usernames presented in failed login attempts, and place them on a list of accounts that an administrator may wish to unlock, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive list size in the EMM Database) via a long sequence of login attempts with different usernames.

The weakness was disclosed 08/22/2012 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4588 since 08/22/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. 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 T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

McAfee

Name

Enterprise Mobility Manager Agent

License

commercial

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise Mobility Manager Agent 10.0

Timelineinfo

08/22/2012 🔍
08/22/2012 +0 days 🔍
08/22/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +943 days 🔍
01/16/2018 +1030 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-4588 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4588
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61747
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/16/2018 08:31
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (46), 01/16/2018 08:31 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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