Secunia Security Advisory - eEye Digital Security has reported a vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Directory Traversal Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21037
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21037/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, System access
WHERE:
>From local network
SOFTWARE:
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/1943/
DESCRIPTION:
eEye Digital Security has reported a vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy
Orchestrator, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the
management console's Framework Service component (enabled by default
on all servers and agents). This can be exploited to write files to
arbitrary locations on the system via directory traversal attacks in
a specially crafted "PropsResponse" request sent to the service.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.5.0.x. Prior
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.5.5 or later.
https://secure.nai.com/us/forms/downloads/upgrades/login.asp
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Barnaby Jack, eEye Digital Security.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
eEye Digital Security:
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060713.html
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