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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2020.2298
Network Security Manager update fixes vulnerability CVE-2020-7284 (SB10322)
6 July 2020
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Network Security Manager
Publisher: McAfee
Operating System: Windows
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Increased Privileges -- Existing Account
Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account
Unauthorised Access -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2020-7284
Original Bulletin:
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10322
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McAfee Security Bulletin - Network Security Manager update fixes vulnerability
CVE-2020-7284
Security Bulletins ID : SB10322
Last Modified : 7/3/2020
Summary
First Published: July 2, 2020
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|Impact of |CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an |
|Vulnerability: |Unauthorized Actor |
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|CVE ID: |CVE-2020-7284 |
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|Severity Rating: |High |
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|CVSS v3 Base/Temporal |8.6 / 8.2 |
|Scores: | |
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|Recommendations: |Install or update to Network Security Manager (NSM) |
| |9.2.9.55 or 10.1.7.7 |
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|Security Bulletin |None |
|Replacement: | |
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|Affected Software: |NSM 10.x before 10.1.7.7 |
| |NSM 9.x before 9.2.9.55 |
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|Location of updated |https://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/downloads.aspx |
|software: | |
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Article contents:
o Vulnerability Description
o Remediation
o Acknowledgements
o Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
o Resources
o Disclaimer
Vulnerability Description
NSM platform uses a restricted shell for command-line access. 'root' access is
restricted and intended to only be used by McAfee Engineers.
CVE-2020-7284
Exposure of Sensitive Information in McAfee Network Security Management (NSM)
prior to 10.1.7.7 allows local users to gain unauthorized access to the root
account via execution of carefully crafted commands from the restricted command
line interface (CLI).
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detailvulnId=CVE-2020-7284
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cginame=CVE-2020-7284
Remediation
Go to the Product Downloads site and download the applicable product update
file:
o Customers on 10.x - Update to 10.1.7.7.
o Customers on 9.x - Upgrade to 10.1.7.7 or update to 9.2.9.55.
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|Product |Version |Type |File Name |Release Date |
+------------+--------+------+---------------------------------+--------------+
|NSM Software|10.1.7.7|Update|nsm_10177_mlos_3509545_x86_64.ova|June 9, 2020 |
+------------+--------+------+---------------------------------+--------------+
|NSM Software|9.2.9.55|Update|nsm_92955_mlos_3509545_x86_64.ova|April 28, 2020|
+------------+--------+------+---------------------------------+--------------+
Download and Installation Instructions
See KB56057 for instructions on how to download McAfee products, documentation,
updates, and hotfixes. Review the Release Notes and the Installation Guide,
which you can download from the Documentation tab, for instructions on how to
install these updates.
Acknowledgmements
McAfee credits Ibrahim Faisal , M.Eng, Security researcher - https://
www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahimfaisal/ , for reporting this flaw.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
How do I know if my McAfee product is vulnerable or not
For Appliances:
Use the following instructions for Appliance-based products:
1. Open the Administrator's User Interface (UI).
2. Click the About link. The product version displays.
What is CVSS
CVSS, or Common Vulnerability Scoring System, is the result of the National
Infrastructure Advisory Council's effort to standardize a system of assessing
the criticality of a vulnerability. This system offers an unbiased criticality
score between 0 and 10 that customers can use to judge how critical a
vulnerability is and plan accordingly. For more information, visit the CVSS
website at: https://www.first.org/cvss/ .
When calculating CVSS scores, McAfee has adopted a philosophy that fosters
consistency and repeatability. Our guiding principle for CVSS scoring is to
score the exploit under consideration by itself. We consider only the immediate
and direct impact of the exploit under consideration. We do not factor into a
score any potential follow-on exploits that might be made possible by the
successful exploitation of the issue being scored.
What are the CVSS scoring metrics
CVE-2020-7284: NSM restricted shell bypass
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|Base Score |8.6 |
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|Attack Vector (AV) |Local (L) |
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|Attack Complexity (AC) |Low (L) |
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|Privileges Required (PR)|None (N) |
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|User Interaction (UI) |Required (R) |
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|Scope (S) |Changed (C) |
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|Confidentiality (C) |High (H) |
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|Integrity (I) |High (H) |
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|Availability (A) |High (H) |
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|Temporal Score (Overall)|8.2 |
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|Exploitability (E) |High (H) |
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|Remediation Level (RL) |Official Fix (O)|
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|Report Confidence (RC) |Confirmed (C) |
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NOTE: The below CVSS version 3.1 vector was used to generate this score.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculatorvector=AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R
/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C&version=3.1
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Security Vulnerability.
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Resources
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