McAfee LinuxShield 'nailsd' Daemon Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:38489

Info

McAfee LinuxShield 'nailsd' Daemon Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 38489
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 02 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 02 2010 12:00AM
Credit: Nikolas Sotiriu
Vulnerable: McAfee Linuxshield 1.5.1
McAfee Linuxshield 1
McAfee Linuxshield 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

McAfee LinuxShield 'nailsd' Daemon Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

McAfee LinuxShield is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.

Exploiting this issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue will completely compromise affected computers.

McAfee LinuxShield 1.5.1 and prior are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

McAfee LinuxShield 'nailsd' Daemon Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

McAfee LinuxShield 'nailsd' Daemon Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

McAfee LinuxShield 'nailsd' Daemon Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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