McAfee Email and Web Security (EWS) 5.5 through Patch 6 and 5.6 through Patch 3, and McAfee Email Gateway (MEG) 7.0.0 and 7.0.1, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain an admin session ID via unspecified vectors.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email_and_web_security | Mcafee | 5.5 (including) | 5.5 (including) |
| Email_and_web_security | Mcafee | 5.6 (including) | 5.6 (including) |
| Email_gateway | Mcafee | 7.0.0 (including) | 7.0.0 (including) |
| Email_gateway | Mcafee | 7.0.1 (including) | 7.0.1 (including) |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10026
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027444
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77977
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content\u0026id=SB10026