CVE-2009-5116 (GCVE-0-2009-5116)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-22 10:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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