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CVE-2009-5116

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

McAfee LinuxShield 1.5.1 and earlier does not properly implement client authentication, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain Admin access to the statistics server by leveraging a client account.

Affected products

• McAfee Linuxshield: through 1.5.1; 1.5

References

• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10007
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10007

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