McAfee VirusScan Enterprise < 8.8 Patch 6/7 Hotfix 1123565 Protection Bypass Vulnerability (SB10158)

low Nessus Plugin ID 91310

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Synopsis

The antivirus application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a security mechanism bypass vulnerability.

Description

The version of McAfee VirusScan Enterprise (VSE) installed on the remote Windows host is 8.8 Patch 6 or Patch 7 without Hotfix 1123565.
It is, therefore, affected by a flaw related to closing registry handles for the McAfee VirusScan Console process. A local attacker with Windows administrative privileges can exploit this flaw to bypass password protection and thereby unlock the VirusScan Console window, resulting in access to resources protected by VSE.

Solution

Upgrade to McAfee VirusScan Enterprise version 8.8 Patch 6/7 Hotfix 1123565.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 91310

File Name: mcafee_vse_sb10158.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/24/2016

Updated: 11/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4534

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise

Required KB Items: Antivirus/McAfee/installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4534

MCAFEE-SB: SB10158

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