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McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux Multiple Vulnerabilities

🗓️ 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux Multiple Vulnerabilities CVE-2016-8016 to CVE-2016-8025. Upgrade to Endpoint Security for Linux (ENSL) 10.2 or late

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mcafee:virusscan_enterprise_for_linux";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106470");
  script_version("2025-09-05T15:40:40+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-05 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 05 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-12-14 11:28:02 +0700 (Wed, 14 Dec 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-09-03 01:29:00 +0000 (Sun, 03 Sep 2017)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-8016", "CVE-2016-8017", "CVE-2016-8018", "CVE-2016-8019", "CVE-2016-8020",
"CVE-2016-8021", "CVE-2016-8022", "CVE-2016-8023", "CVE-2016-8024", "CVE-2016-8025");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux Multiple Vulnerabilities");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_mcafee_virusscan_enterprise_detect_lin.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mcafee/virusscan_enterprise_linux/installed");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux is prone to multiple
vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Linux is prone to multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Remote Unauthenticated File Existence Test (CVE-2016-8016)

  - Remote Unauthenticated File Read (CVE-2016-8017)

  - No Cross-Site Request Forgery Tokens (CVE-2016-8018)

  - Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2016-8019)

  - Authenticated Remote Code Execution and Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-8020)

  - Web Interface Allows Arbitrary File Write to Known Location (CVE-2016-8021)

  - Remote Use of Authentication Tokens (CVE-2016-8022)

  - Brute Force Authentication Tokens (CVE-2016-8023)

  - Brute Force Authentication Tokens (CVE-2016-8024)

  - Authenticated SQL Injection (CVE-2016-8025)");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An unauthenticated attacker may execute code when chained the vulnerabilities
together.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Version 2.0.3");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Endpoint Security for Linux (ENSL) 10.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10181");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nation.state.actor/mcafee.html");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
  exit(0);

if (version_is_less_equal(version: version, test_version: "2.0.3")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "Endpoint Security for Linux 10.2");
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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