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TITLE:
McAfee Application Control / Change Control Password-Protected
Command Bypass

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50397

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=50397

RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-24

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in McAfee Application Control /
Change Control, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
bypass certain security restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to a user being able to change the
file permissions for the "solidcore\passwd" file to read-only, which
overrides the feature prompting a user for a password before running
a password-protected command.

The security issue is reported in versions 5.1.0, 5.1.1, 5.1.2, and
6.0.0.

SOLUTION:
Apply hotfixes.

Further details available in Customer Area:
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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Sebastian Obermeier, ABB Corporate Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
McAfee:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10023

OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXPLOIT:
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