Vulnerability Note VU#714593
McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot ActiveX control buffer overflow vulnerability
OverviewA vulnerability in an ActiveX control provided with the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot software could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system.
I. DescriptionThe McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot are applications that are designed to allow centralized security management of multiple clients. Remote management of the ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot servers are done through a management console.
The ActiveX control SiteManager.Dll that is shipped with the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and ProtectionPilot contains two functions that are vulnerable to stack based buffer overflows.
Note that SiteManager.Dll should only be installed on systems that have used the McAfee management console.
II. ImpactBy convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document (e.g., a web page or an HTML email message or attachment), a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. The attacker could also cause Internet Explorer (or the program using the WebBrowser control) to crash.
III. SolutionUpgrade
McAfee has released an upgrade to address this issue. See the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) and ProtectionPilot (PRP) HotFixes fix multiple vulnerabilities security bulletin for details about obtaining updated software.
Disable ActiveX
Disabling ActiveX controls in the Internet Zone (or any zone used by an attacker) appears to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability. Instructions for disabling ActiveX in the Internet Zone can be found in the "Securing Your Web Browser" document.
Systems Affected
| Vendor | Status | Date Notified | Date Updated |
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| McAfee | Vulnerable | 22-Mar-2007 |
References
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/26/612496_f.SAL_Public.html
http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/products/system_security_management/epolicy_orchestrator.html
http://www.mcafee.com/us/smb/products/management_solutions/protection_pilot.html
http://www.cert.org/homeusers/buffer_overflow.html
http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/securing_browser/#Internet_Explorer
http://secunia.com/advisories/24466/
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-March/052960.html
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2007/Mar/1017757.html
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-1498
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-03/0162.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22952
Credit
Thanks to Fortinet Security Research and McAfee for information that was used in this report.
This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
Other Information
| Date Public: | 2007-03-13 |
| Date First Published: | 2007-03-22 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2007-03-22 |
| CERT Advisory: | |
| CVE-ID(s): | CVE-2007-1498 |
| NVD-ID(s): | CVE-2007-1498 |
| US-CERT Technical Alerts: | |
| Metric: | 6.00 |
| Document Revision: | 36 |
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