McAfee Email Gateway 5.6/7.0/7.5/7.6 Web Mail Client Interface Reflected cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in McAfee Email Gateway 5.6/7.0/7.5/7.6 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web Mail Client Interface. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting (Reflected). Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Email Gateway 5.6/7.0/7.5/7.6 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Web Mail Client Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was published 01/20/2015 as SB10099 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kc.mcafee.com. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The advisory contains the following remark:

This issue is resolved in McAfee Email Gateway 7.6.3.2 released on January 14, 2015 and McAfee Email Gateway 7.5.6 released on January 6, 2015.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1031618†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

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Exploitinginfo

Name: Reflected
Class: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes

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01/20/2015 🔍
01/23/2015 +3 days 🔍
01/27/2015 +4 days 🔍
07/09/2017 +894 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: SB10099
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68855
SecurityTracker: 1031618 - McAfee Email Gateway Input Validation Flaw in Secure Web Mail Client Interface Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2015 10:02
Updated: 07/09/2017 08:14
Changes: 01/27/2015 10:02 (42), 07/09/2017 08:14 (4)
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