CVE-2009-2429 affects McAfee SmartFilter Web Gateway Security 4.2.1.00, where it insecurely stores user credentials in cleartext within admin_backup.xml files and assigns insecure permissions to these files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access (AV:L) and low attack complexity (AC:L) to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:P/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2.1.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:smartfilter:4.2.1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.