CVE-2012-4593 (GCVE-0-2012-4593)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-08-22 10:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:31
VLAI
Summary
McAfee Application Control and Change Control 5.1.x and 6.0.0 do not enforce an intended password requirement in certain situations involving attributes of the password file, which allows local users to bypass authentication by executing a command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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Assigner
References
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