Advisory Details

August 17th, 2012

McAfee SmartFilter Administration Server SFAdminSrv.exe JBoss RMI Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilty

CVE ID
CVSS SCORE	10.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	McAfee
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Smart Filter
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of McAfee SmartFilter Administration Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The flaw exists within the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) component which is exposed by SFAdminSrv.exe process. This process exposes various RMI services to TCP ports 4444 (JBoss RMI HTTPInvoker), 1098 (rmiactivation), 1099 (rmiregistry). Requests to these services are not authenticated and can be used to instantiate arbitrary classes or to upload and execute arbitrary archives. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the SYSTEM user.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	McAfee has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10029
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-11-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-08-17 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi aka rgod

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