Intel McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services up to 8.0 Patch 7 Registry Key access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services up to 8.0 Patch 7. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Registry Key Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-8007. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Intel McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services up to 8.0 Patch 7. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Registry Key Handler. 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 integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Authentication bypass vulnerability in McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services (HIPS) 8.0 Patch 7 and earlier allows authenticated users to manipulate the product's registry keys via specific conditions.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2017. The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at kc.mcafee.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-8007 since 09/09/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95469 (McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services < 8.0.0.3828 Authentication Bypass (SB10173)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370453 (McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (SB10173)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (95469) and SecurityFocus (BID 93813†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 95469
Nessus Name: McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services < 8.0.0.3828 Authentication Bypass (SB10173)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/25/2016 🔍
09/09/2016 +15 days 🔍
10/20/2016 +41 days 🔍
12/02/2016 +43 days 🔍
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09/06/2020 +1271 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: kc.mcafee.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-8007 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-8007
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97922
SecurityFocus: 93813 - McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention Services CVE-2016-8007 Local Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-8007 - McAfee - HIPS - Authentication Bypass Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2017 07:58
Updated: 09/06/2020 16:55
Changes: 03/15/2017 07:58 (67), 09/06/2020 16:55 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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