CVE-2012-4593

McAfee Application Control and Change Control <6.0.0 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

McAfee Application Control and Change Control 5.1.x and 6.0.0 do not enforce an intended password requirement in certain situations involving attributes of the password file, which allows local users to bypass authentication by executing a command.

Scores

EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 45.7%

Classification

CWE
CWE-264
Status draft

Affected Products (8)

mcafee/application_control
mcafee/application_control
mcafee/application_control
mcafee/application_control
mcafee/change_control
mcafee/change_control
mcafee/change_control
mcafee/change_control

Timeline

Published Aug 22, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026