80141 : McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance / Email Gateway System Backup Hashed Passwords Disclosure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-03-15

Description

McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance / Email Gateway contains a flaw related to the System Backup Password. The issue is due to the backup containing the hashed passwords of users. These can be used to conduct a brute force attack against, potentially giving access to a variety of accounts.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Cryptographic, Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related, Security Software

Solution

Upgrade Email and Web Security to version 5.5 Patch 6 or 5.6 Patch 3 or higher, and Email Gateway to version 7.0 Patch 1 or higher, as as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

McAfee, Inc.	McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance	5.5 Patch 5
		5.6 Patch 2
	McAfee Email Gateway	7.0

References

Security Tracker: 1026806 1026807
CVE ID: 2012-4584 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 48406
Related OSVDB ID: 80138 80139 80140 80142 80143 80144
Packet Storm: http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111364/McAfee-Email-And-Web-Security-Appliance-Password-Hash.html
Mail List Post: http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2012/Mar/161
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10020

Credit

Ben Williams - NGS Secure Research

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 3.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-08-22 | Disagree?

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