THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-1357
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-1357

Agent vulnerability

CVSS
5.4
EPSS
6.2%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Mcafee
Affected product
Agent
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-134 — Uncontrolled Format String
Published
2008-03-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-1357

  • Confirm whether Mcafee Agent is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-1357.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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