Authentication bypass in McAfee Web Gateway - CVE-2018-6667
Published: June 14, 2018 / Updated: June 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13342
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6667
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send specially crafted data to the Java management extensions (JMX) service on the administrative user interface via TCP port 1099, bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
McAfee Web Gateway
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6667
Update to version 7.8.1.6.
McAfee Web Gateway - update to 7.8.1.6