Description
Format string vulnerability in the logDetail function of applib.dll in McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.574 (Patch 3) and earlier, as used in ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0.0 build 1015, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a sender field in an AgentWakeup request to UDP port 8082. NOTE: this issue only exists when the debug level is 8.
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 Framework ePolicy 3.x - Orchestrator '_naimcomn_Log' Remote Format String EDB-31399 · dos · Mar 12, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 3748 third-party-advisory
- https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/234/615103_f.sal_public.html
- mcafee-framework-format-string(41178) vdb-entry
- 1019609 vdb-entry
- 29337 third-party-advisory
- 28228 vdb-entry
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/meccaffi-adv.txt
- ADV-2008-0866 vdb-entry
- 20080312 Format string in McAfee Framework 3.6.0.569 (ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0) mailing-list