CVE-2008-1357: mcafee agent
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-1357 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability in mcafee agent. EPSS estimates a 6.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 17-03-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
6.20%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 6.20% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (aluigi.altervista.org)
Maturity: unknown
McAfee Framework ePolicy 3.x - Orchestrator '_naimcomn_Log' Remote Format String
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mcafee4 products
- agent4.0
- cma3.0.6.453 | 3.5.5.438 | 3.6.438 | 3.6.453 | 3.6.546 | 3.6.574
- epolicy_orchestrator4.0
- mcafee_framework3.6.569
1 vendor · 4 products
References
9 links- knowledge.mcafee.com/article/234/615103_f.sal_public.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM