CVE-2008-1855

Public Exploit

Description

FrameworkService.exe in McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.574 Patch 3 and earlier, as used by ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) and ProtectionPilot (PrP), allows remote attackers to corrupt memory and cause a denial of service (CMA Framework service crash) via a long invalid method in requests for the /spin//AVClient//AVClient.csp URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5274.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 25.24% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28573 vdb entry exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1122/references vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019794 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29637 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/219/615324_f.SAL_Public.html
http://www.offensive-security.com/0day/mcafee_again.py.txt exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41597 vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5343 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1855?
CVE-2008-1855 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1855?
To fix CVE-2008-1855, 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-2008-1855 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1855 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~25% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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