Intel Security Application Control up to 6.1.0 on Linux Application Control Whitelist access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Intel Security Application Control up to 6.1.0 on Linux. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Application Control Whitelist. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-7460. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel Security Application Control up to 6.1.0 on Linux. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Application Control Whitelist. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A write protection and execution bypass vulnerability in McAfee (now Intel Security) Application Control (MAC) 6.1.0 for Linux and earlier allows authenticated users to change binaries that are part of the Application Control whitelist and allows execution of binaries via specific conditions.

The bug was discovered 05/11/2017. The weakness was released 03/14/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at kc.mcafee.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-7460 since 02/27/2017. An attack has to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/06/2020). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-97902. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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02/27/2017 🔍
03/14/2017 +15 days 🔍
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03/15/2017 +1 days 🔍
05/11/2017 +57 days 🔍
09/06/2020 +1214 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-7460 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-7460
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97901
OSVDB: - CVE-2013-7460 - McAfee - McAfee Application Control - Security Bypass Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2017 07:52
Updated: 09/06/2020 14:10
Changes: 03/15/2017 07:52 (57), 09/06/2020 14:10 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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