CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-5116
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-08-22
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
McAfee LinuxShield 1.5.1 and earlier does not properly implement client authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain Admin access to the statistics server by leveraging a client account.
Affected configurations
• mcafee linuxshield (<= 1.5.1)
• mcafee linuxshield 1.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10007 Vendor Advisory
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10007 Vendor Advisory