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medium 5.4

CVE-2008-1357 json

Format string vulnerability in the logDetail function of applib.dll in McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.574 (Patch 3) and earlier…

published 2008-03-17 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1364

cvss
5.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the logDetail function of applib.dll in McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.574 (Patch 3) and earlier, as used in ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0.0 build 1015, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a sender field in an AgentWakeup request to UDP port 8082. NOTE: this issue only exists when the debug level is 8.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31399)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31399 McAfee Framework ePolicy 3.x - Orchestrator '_naimcomn_Log' Remote Format String dos, 2008-03-12
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28228 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/meccaffi-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.4 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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