Vigil@nce - McAfee VirusScan Enterprise: unlocking console
July 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can bypass the password protection of the McAfee
VirusScan Enterprise console, in order to alter the product
configuration.
– Impacted products: VirusScan.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Creation date: 04/05/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The McAfee VirusScan Enterprise product has a console protected by
a password.
However, a local attacker can close handles of mcconsole.exe, to
unlock the console.
A local attacker can therefore bypass the password protection of
the McAfee VirusScan Enterprise console, in order to alter the
product configuration.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/McAfee-VirusScan-Enterprise-unlocking-console-19520