McAfee E-Business Server Authentication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:27197

Info

McAfee E-Business Server Authentication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27197
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0127
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 09 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: Leon Juranic <[email protected]> discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: McAfee E-Business Server 8.5.2
McAfee E-Business Server 8.5.1
McAfee E-Business Server 8.1.2
McAfee E-Business Server 8.1.1
McAfee E-Business Server 8.1
McAfee E-Business Server 7.1.1
Not Vulnerable: McAfee E-Business Server 8.5.3

Discussion

McAfee E-Business Server Authentication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

McAfee E-Business Server is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability that occurs prior to authentication.

Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successful exploits will completely compromise affected computers. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service conditions.

E-Business Server 8.5.2 and prior versions are vulnerable.

NOTE: This issue may be related to the issue described in BID 26269 (McAfee E-Business Server Authentication Packet Handling Integer Overflow Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

McAfee E-Business Server Authentication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The following proof-of-concept code is available:

Solution / Fix

McAfee E-Business Server Authentication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an advisory and fixes to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

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