Description
The administration interface in McAfee E-Business Server 8.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a long initial authentication packet.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- McAfee E-Business Server 8.5.2 - Remote Code Execution / Denial of Service (PoC) EDB-4878 · dos · Jan 9, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 4878 exploit
- 3530 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-0087 vdb-entry
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/SupportSite/dynamickc.do?externalId=614472&sliceId=SAL_Public&command=show&forward=nonthreadedKC&kcId=614472
- mcafee-ebusiness-authentication-packet-dos(39561) vdb-entry
- 20080109 [INFIGO-2008-01-06]: McAfee E-Business Server Remote Preauth Code Execution / DoS - Corrected mailing-list
- 28408 third-party-advisory
- 1019170 vdb-entry
- mcafee-ebusiness-packet-code-execution(39563) vdb-entry
- 20080109 [INFIGO 2008-01-06]: McAfee E-Business Server Remote Preauth Code Execution / DoS mailing-list
- 27197 vdb-entry