McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Patch 2 < HF778101 Local Privilege Escalation (SB10038)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72186

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an antivirus application that is affected by a local privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise installed on the remote Windows host is 8.8 Patch 2 prior to Hotfix 778101. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to an unspecified error related to the enforcement of security permissions. A local attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges. Note that this issue only affects installations where McAfee Access Protection has been turned off.

Solution

Upgrade to McAfee VirusScan Enterprise version 8.8 Patch 2 HF778101 or Patch 3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72186

File Name: mcafee_vse_sb10038.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/28/2014

Updated: 8/7/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise

Required KB Items: Antivirus/McAfee/installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2013

Reference Information

BID: 58163

MCAFEE-SB: SB10038

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