CVE-2012-4593

McAfee Application Control and Change Control 5.1.x and 6.0.0 do not enforce an intended password requirement in certain situations involving attributes of the password file, which allows local users to bypass authentication by executing a command.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10023	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:5.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:5.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:5.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:change_control:5.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:change_control:5.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:change_control:5.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:change_control:6.0.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2012-08-22 10:42

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2012-4593

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4593

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-4593

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mcafee

change_control
application_control

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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