McAfee EPolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot HTTP Server Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:20288

Info

McAfee EPolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot HTTP Server Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20288
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 02 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 05 2006 06:30PM
Credit: BackTrack Development Team discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: McAfee ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 patch 2
McAfee ProtectionPilot 1.1.1
McAfee ProtectionPilot 1.1
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.0 SP2a
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.0
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5 SP1
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.0
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 1.1
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 1.0
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 patch 5
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5
Not Vulnerable: McAfee ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 patch 3
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5 patch 6

Discussion

McAfee EPolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot HTTP Server Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The HTTP server component of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot is prone to a remote stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability that can lead to complete system compromise.

This issue arises because the application fails to perform boundary checks before copying user-supplied data into sensitive process buffers.

A successful attack may result in arbitrary code execution with SYSTEM privileges, leading to a full compromise.

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.5.0 patch 5 and prior versions as well as ProtectionPilot 1.1.1 patch 2 and prior versions are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

McAfee EPolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot HTTP Server Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A Metasploit exploit module is available. It reportedly works against Windows 2000 SP4, Windows 2000 SP1, and Windows 2003 SP1.

A Python proof-of-concept program is also available.

Solution / Fix

McAfee EPolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot HTTP Server Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory along with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

References

McAfee EPolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot HTTP Server Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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