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CVE-2012-4593

McAfee Application Control and Change Control 5.1.x and 6.0.0 do not enforce an intended password requirement in certain situations involving attributes of the password file, which allows local users to bypass authentication by executing a command.

Published

2012-08-22T10:42:05.320

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mcafee application_control 5.1.0 Yes
Application mcafee application_control 5.1.1 Yes
Application mcafee application_control 5.1.2 Yes
Application mcafee application_control 6.0.0 Yes
Application mcafee change_control 5.1.0 Yes
Application mcafee change_control 5.1.1 Yes
Application mcafee change_control 5.1.2 Yes
Application mcafee change_control 6.0.0 Yes
References