McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.7 Patch 5 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.7 Patch 5. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise up to 8.7 Patch 5 (Anti-Malware Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity.

The weakness was published 02/11/2013 as SB10034 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kc.mcafee.com. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at OSVDB (90180†), Secunia (SA52147†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1028130†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Anti-Malware Software

Vendor

• McAfee

Name

• VirusScan Enterprise

Version

• 8.7 Patch 5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.mcafee.com/

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

02/11/2013 🔍
02/11/2013 +0 days 🔍
02/13/2013 +2 days 🔍
02/18/2013 +5 days 🔍
05/03/2018 +1900 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: SB10034
Status: Confirmed

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7700
Secunia: 52147 - McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and Host Intrusion Prevention Unspecified Privilege Escalation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 90180
SecurityTracker: 1028130

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

Entryinfo

Created: 02/18/2013 11:37
Updated: 05/03/2018 12:25
Changes: 02/18/2013 11:37 (48), 05/03/2018 12:25 (2)
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Committer:
Cache ID: 216:5C3:103

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