CVE-2008-1357 Other in n/a

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via format string injection in McAfee CMA when debug level is set to 8.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2008-1357?

CVE-2008-1357 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 17 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Format string vulnerability in the logDetail function of applib.dll in McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.574 (Patch 3) and earlier, as used in ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0.0 build 1015, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a sender field in an AgentWakeup request to UDP port 8082. NOTE: this issue only exists when the debug level is 8.

Weakness: CWE-134

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1357?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Mcafee Agent, Mcafee Cma, Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, Mcafee Mcafee Framework.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1357?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1357 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-1357 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1357 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-99j6-ph5x-xqmj.

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