McAfee Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.4 / 5.6.x prior to 5.6.4 DLL Search Order Hijacking (SB10320)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152042

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Synopsis

A security management agent installed on the remote host is affected by a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability.

Description

The version of McAfee Agent, formerly McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) Agent, installed on the remote host is 5.5.x prior to 5.5.4 / 5.6.x prior to 5.6.4. It is, therefore, affected by a DLL search order hijacking vulnerability. it allows attackers with local access to execute arbitrary code via execution from a compromised folder.

Solution

Upgrade to McAfee Agent version 5.5.4, 5.6.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152042

File Name: mcafee_epo_agent_SB10320.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/23/2021

Updated: 9/27/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3613

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator_agent, cpe:/a:mcafee:agent

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/McAfee ePO Agent

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3613

IAVA: 2020-A-0108

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