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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-4588

Original release date:08/22/2012
Last revised:08/22/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

McAfee Enterprise Mobility Manager (EMM) Agent before 4.8 and Server before 10.1 record all invalid usernames presented in failed login attempts, and place them on a list of accounts that an administrator may wish to unlock, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive list size in the EMM Database) via a long sequence of login attempts with different usernames.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10021
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10021

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mcafee:enterprise_mobility_manager:4.7 and previous versions
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:mcafee:enterprise_mobility_manager_agent:10.0 and previous versions
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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4588