Title: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator HTTP GET Request Format String Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
Description:
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator is a product designed to remotely manage various policies and antivirus products. It is available for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
A format string vulnerability has been discovered in the ePolicy Orchestrator Agent which is designed to distribute log data remotely. Authentication does not occur when connecting to the ePolicy Orchestrator Agent, thus allowing an anonymous attacker to exploit this issue.
The format string bug occurs when processing HTTP GET requests via port 8081. An attacker who makes a malicious request containing format specifiers, such as '%x' or '%n', may be capable of obtaining and writing to sensitive locations in memory.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands with SYSTEM privileges.
It should be noted that this vulnerability has been reported to affect McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1; other versions may also be affected.
Affected Products:
- McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator 2.5.1
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