McAfee Agent 5.0.x < 5.0.6 HF1267994 / 5.5.x < 5.5.1 HF1267994 / 5.6.x < 5.6.0 Use-After-Free Vulnerability (SB10258)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 126824

Synopsis

A security management agent installed on the remote host is affected by a use-after-free vulnerability.

Description

The version of McAfee Agent, formerly McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) Agent, installed on the remote host is 5.0.x prior to 5.0.6 HF1267994, 5.5.x prior to 5.5.1 HF1267991, or 5.6.x prior to 5.6.0. It is, therefore, affected by a use-after-free vulnerability with the remote logging feature. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue, via specifically crafted HTTP header sent to the logging service, to cause the application to stop responding or remotely execute code.

Solution

Upgrade to McAfee Agent version 5.0.6 HF1267994, 5.5.1 HF1267991, 5.6.0, or later.

See Also

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10258

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 126824

File Name: mcafee_epo_agent_SB10258.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 7/19/2019

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6703

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator_agent, cpe:/a:mcafee:agent

Required KB Items: installed_sw/McAfee ePO Agent

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6703

BID: 108951