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CVE-2008-1357

Affected software4 products, listed below
Severity5.4 Medium CVSS 2.0
WeaknessCWE-134
Published17 Mar 2008
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in the logDetail function of applib.dll in McAfee Common Management Agent (CMA) 3.6.0.574 (Patch 3) and earlier, as used in ePolicy Orchestrator 4.0.0 build 1015, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a sender field in an AgentWakeup request to UDP port 8082. NOTE: this issue only exists when the debug level is 8.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2008-03-12.
  • EPSS 6.2% chance in 30 days
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB McAfee Framework ePolicy 3.x - Orchestrator '_naimcomn_Log' Remote Format String 2008-03-12

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read
Finding Mitigation candidate: 1 public proof-of-concept exploit(s) are indexed for this CVE (exploit-db), but the affected code is not open source. That makes an ARMR patch rule a candidate rather than a plan. The exploit gives a reproducible entry point to trace inward from and a test to validate a hook against, which is what makes reverse engineering tractable at all. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the hook point must be recovered by decompiling the affected code, and a closer look may find none that ARMR can act on.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

4 products, 9 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd mcafee agent generic 4.0
nvd mcafee cma generic 3.0.6.453 · 3.5.5.438 · 3.6.438 · 3.6.453 · 3.6.546 · 3.6.574
nvd mcafee epolicy orchestrator generic 4.0
nvd mcafee mcafee framework generic 3.6.569

References

URLTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/meccaffi-adv.txt Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29337 Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3748
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489476/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28228 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019609
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0866/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41178
https://knowledge.mcafee.com/article/234/615103_f.sal_public.html

Timeline

Published2008-03-17By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.