McAfee Application Control Engine 6.0.0 File Header Validation race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Application Control Engine 6.0.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component File Header Validation Handler. Such manipulation leads to race condition. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee Application Control Engine 6.0.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component File Header Validation Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 01/10/2013 by Arne Vidström with Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) as not defined mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

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

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (89122†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

McAfee

Name

Application Control Engine

Version

6.0.0

License

commercial

Website

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

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

01/10/2013 🔍
01/10/2013 +0 days 🔍
01/16/2013 +6 days 🔍
05/02/2018 +1932 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: Arne Vidström
Organization: Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
Status: Not defined
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GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7340
OSVDB: 89122

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2013 12:09
Updated: 05/02/2018 09:22
Changes: 01/16/2013 12:09 (45), 05/02/2018 09:22 (1)
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