CVE-2009-5116

McAfee LinuxShield <= 1.5.1 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation to Admin via Statistics Server

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 58.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (2)
mcafee/linuxshield 1.5
mcafee/linuxshield < 1.5.1
Published Aug 22, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026