McAfee SmartFilter Administration up to 4.2.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in McAfee SmartFilter Administration up to 4.2.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Administration. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4599. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee SmartFilter Administration up to 4.2.0. It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Administration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

McAfee SmartFilter Administration, and SmartFilter Administration Bess Edition, before 4.2.1.01 does not require authentication for access to the JBOSS Remote Method Invocation (RMI) interface, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted .war file.

The weakness was published 08/22/2012 by Andrea Micalizzi (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-4599 since 08/22/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/12/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69916 (McAfee SmartFilter Administration < 4.2.1.01 Unauthenticated Access to JBOSS RMI (SB10029)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading to version 4.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (69916), SecurityFocus (BID 55088†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36069†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 69916
Nessus Name: McAfee SmartFilter Administration < 4.2.1.01 Unauthenticated Access to JBOSS RMI (SB10029)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SmartFilter Administration 4.2.1

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08/17/2012 🔍
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08/22/2012 +5 days 🔍
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09/05/2012 +14 days 🔍
09/16/2013 +376 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +553 days 🔍
12/12/2021 +2456 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Researcher: Andrea Micalizzi
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-4599 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4599
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61755

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SecurityFocus: 55088 - McAfee SmartFilter 'SFAdminSrv.exe' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 36069 - McAfee SmartFilter Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted .War File, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/12/2021 09:49
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (57), 04/16/2017 11:26 (11), 12/12/2021 09:49 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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