McAfee LiveSafe up to 14.0 AV Engine input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in McAfee LiveSafe up to 14.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component AV Engine. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-4535. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in McAfee LiveSafe up to 14.0. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component AV Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer signedness error in the AV engine before DAT 8145, as used in McAfee LiveSafe 14.0, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a crafted packed executable.

The weakness was released 05/05/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-4535 since 05/05/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (39770). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Google Security Research
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OpenVAS ID: 800619
OpenVAS Name: McAfee LiveSafe Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mcafee.com

Advisory: 136907
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-4535 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4535
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-83746
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2016 09:27
Updated: 02/14/2025 06:49
Changes: 05/07/2016 09:27 (61), 11/19/2018 09:23 (7), 07/29/2022 17:43 (4), 02/14/2025 06:49 (14)
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Cache ID: 216:FB5:103

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