3.6 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
5.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
37.9%
McAfee Agent is prone to resource access bypass vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:mcafee:mcafee_agent";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807973");
script_version("2023-07-21T05:05:22+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-3984");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-21 05:05:22 +0000 (Fri, 21 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-05-18 21:28:00 +0000 (Wed, 18 May 2016)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-05-10 13:07:15 +0530 (Tue, 10 May 2016)");
script_name("McAfee Agent (MA) Resource Access Bypass Vulnerability");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"McAfee Agent is prone to resource access bypass vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists as the McAfee VirusScan
Console (mcconsol.exe) does not properly check the password.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow local
Windows administrator to bypass the security restrictions and disable the
antivirus engine without knowing the correct management password.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"McAfee Agent (MA) version 5.x before
5.0.2 hotfix 1110392(5.0.2.333)");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to McAfee Agent (MA) 5.0.2 hotfix
1110392 (5.0.2.333) or 5.0.3 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10151");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_mcafee_agent_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("McAfee/Agent/Win/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!agentVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(agentVer =~ "^5\.")
{
## https://kc.mcafee.com/resources/sites/MCAFEE/content/live/PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION/26000/PD26042/en_US/ma_502_rn_en-us.pdf
if(version_is_less(version:agentVer, test_version:"5.0.2.333"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:agentVer, fixed_version:"5.0.2 hotfix 1110392 (5.0.2.333)");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
3.6 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
5.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
5.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
37.9%