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CVE-2008-1357

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-03-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-134

Description

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.

Affected products

• McAfee,LLC McAfee Agent for Windows: 4.0
• McAfee Cma: 3.0.6.453, 3.5.5.438, 3.6.438, 3.6.453, 3.6.546, 3.6.574
• McAfee,LLC McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO): 4.0
• Mcafee Framework: 3.6.569

References

• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/meccaffi-adv.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29337
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3748
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489476/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28228
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019609
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0866/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41178
• https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/234/615103_f.sal_public.html
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/meccaffi-adv.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29337
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3748

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