Description
McAfee IntruShield Network Security Manager (NSM) before 5.1.11.8.1 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in the Set-Cookie header for the session identifier, which allows remote attackers to hijack a session by leveraging a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
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 Network Security Manager 5.1.7 - Information Disclosure EDB-33347 · webapps · Nov 6, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10005
- ADV-2009-3226 vdb-entry
- 1023172 vdb-entry
- 37004 vdb-entry
- nsm-httponly-session-hijacking(54251) vdb-entry
- 59912 vdb-entry
- 20091111 [SWRX-2009-002] McAfee Network Security Manager Authentication Bypass and Session Hijacking Vulnerability mailing-list
- 37178 third-party-advisory
- http://www.secureworks.com/ctu/advisories/SWRX-2009-002