CVE-2012-4593 describes a bypass vulnerability in McAfee Application Control and Change Control versions 5.1.x and 6.0.0. This flaw allows local users to bypass authentication by executing a command due to the products failing to enforce an intended password requirement in specific scenarios related to password file attributes. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), the vulnerability has a medium severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, resulting in potential partial integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:application_control:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:change_control:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.