CVE-2009-5116

medium Trellix
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
0.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 42% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: August 22, 2012 (5013 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Trellix
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-287

Affected Products

mcafee linuxshield

References

🔗 kc.mcafee.com 🔗 kc.mcafee.com