CVE-2017-3936 McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) - OS Command Injection vulnerability

Medium 6.2 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands with limited privileges via unsanitized input during CSV export in McAfee ePO.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2017-3936?

CVE-2017-3936 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, published on 13 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OS Command Injection vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.9.0, 5.3.2, 5.3.1, 5.1.3, 5.1.2, 5.1.1, and 5.1.0 allows attackers to run arbitrary OS commands with limited privileges via not sanitizing the user input data before exporting it into a CSV format output.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3936?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3936?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3936 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2017-3936 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3936 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j3gw-v5qx-v2xm.

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