CVE-2008-1357

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 27.88% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3748 third party advisory
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/234/615103_f.sal_public.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41178 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019609 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29337 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28228 vdb entry exploit
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/meccaffi-adv.txt exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0866/references vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489476/100/0/threaded mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1357?
CVE-2008-1357 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1357?
To fix CVE-2008-1357, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1357 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1357 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~28% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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