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.
The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent | Mcafee | 4.0 (including) | 4.0 (including) |
| Cma | Mcafee | 3.0.6.453 (including) | 3.0.6.453 (including) |
| Cma | Mcafee | 3.5.5.438 (including) | 3.5.5.438 (including) |
| Cma | Mcafee | 3.6.438 (including) | 3.6.438 (including) |
| Cma | Mcafee | 3.6.453 (including) | 3.6.453 (including) |
| Cma | Mcafee | 3.6.546 (including) | 3.6.546 (including) |
| Cma | Mcafee | 3.6.574 (including) | 3.6.574 (including) |
| Epolicy_orchestrator | Mcafee | 4.0 (including) | 4.0 (including) |
| Mcafee_framework | Mcafee | 3.6.569 (including) | 3.6.569 (including) |
When an attacker can modify an externally-controlled format string, this can lead to buffer overflows, denial of service, or data representation problems. It should be noted that in some circumstances, such as internationalization, the set of format strings is externally controlled by design. If the source of these format strings is trusted (e.g. only contained in library files that are only modifiable by the system administrator), then the external control might not itself pose a vulnerability.