60377 : McAfee SecurityCenter Product Registration Local Cleartext Credential Disclosure
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2008-06-24	2008-07-05	2008-07-05	2009-11-20	2009-11-20

Time to Exploit
514 days

Description

McAfee SecurityCenter Product Registration discloses login credentials for a registered user in plaintext, which could allow a physically proximate attacker to visually intercept the credentials. With the credentials to the SecurityCenter, an attacker could reconfigure the product, install new products, change the account holder's password to the subscription service, or cancel the subscription service.

Classification

Location: Physical Access Required
Attack Type: Cryptographic, Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Solution Unknown
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

OSVDB is not aware of a solution for this vulnerability.

Products

McAfee, Inc.

SecurityCenter

8.1.173

References

Generic Informational URL: http://osvdb.org/ref/60/mcafee-2-sc-disclosure.png
http://osvdb.org/ref/60/mcafeeversion.png
Other Advisory URL: http://osvdb.org/ref/60/mcafee-sc-disc.txt
Vendor URL: http://www.mcafee.com/

Credit

Lyger - attrition.org

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