VDB-7052 · BID 56751 · SA51441

McAfee Gateway 7.0/7.0.1/7.0.2 Email Gateway cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in McAfee Gateway 7.0/7.0.1/7.0.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Email Gateway. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Gateway 7.0/7.0.1/7.0.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Email Gateway. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 11/30/2012 by Oliver R. Gruskovnjak with Portcullis Computer Security Ltd as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kc.mcafee.com. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 7.0.2) eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch Hotfix 116/7.0.2 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mcafee.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 56751†), OSVDB (88003†), Secunia (SA51441†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027823†). The entry VDB-7053 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Patch
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Upgrade: Gateway 7.0.2)
Patch: Hotfix 116/7.0.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Researcher: Oliver R. Gruskovnjak
Organization: Portcullis Computer Security Ltd
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7052
SecurityFocus: 56751 - McAfee Email Gateway Security Bypass and HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 51441 - McAfee Email Gateway Security Bypass Security Issue and Script Insertion Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 88003
SecurityTracker: 1027823

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2012 12:24
Updated: 05/02/2018 09:07
Changes: 12/03/2012 12:24 (60), 05/02/2018 09:07 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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